Layoffs related to the state’s high-tech sector will affect some 450 workers according to three recent filings with the state.
Here are the details as reported by North Carolina Business News Wire.
General Dynamics Information Technology could lay off 77 employees in Fort Bragg
By Casey Quam, North Carolina Business News Wire
FORT BRAGG – General Dynamics Information Technology’s Warfighter FOCUS contract is set to expire May 31, and the company plans to lay off 77 workers, according to a filing with the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Employees were notified on March 27.
GDIT expects to win a new Warfighter FOCUS contract, but provided notice pursuant to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, in case the company is not successful in its bid. If General Dynamics bid is not successful, the workers will be terminated on May 31.
Warfighter FOCUS, or Field Operations Customer Support, contracts support for U.S. Army organizations.General Dynamics Corp. is an aerospace and defense multinational corporation based in Falls Church, Virginia. It is the world’s fifth-largest defense contractor based on 2012 revenues. The company ranked No. 99 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue
The notice to the state was filed pursuant to the WARN, which must be filed 60 days in advance of a plant closing that affects more than 50 employees in a 30-day period or a mass layoff of at least 500 employees or between 50 to 499 employees if they make up at least one-third of the employer’s workforce.
UTC Fire & Security to lay off 220 employees in Lincolnton
By Casey Quam, North Carolina Business News Wire
LINCOLNTON — UTC Fire & Security Americas Corp. plans to close its manufacturing operations located on Progress Drive in Lincolnton and lay off 220 workers from that operation, according to a filing with the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
The terminations will begin on June 7 and continue through the year.
“This action follows a thorough evaluation of our manufacturing operations and is intended to address the challenges the business faces in a rapidly changing industry,” said human resources manager Sara Satkus in a letter to the state.
Of the workers who will be laid off, 115 are assembly operators. Another 23 are machine operators, and 15 are material handlers.
UTC Fire & Security Americas was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Arden Hills, Minnesota. It operates as a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.
The notice to the state was filed pursuant to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, which must be filed 60 days in advance of a plant closing that affects more than 50 employees in a 30-day period or a mass layoff of at least 500 employees or between 50 to 499 employees if they make up at least one-third of the employer’s workforce.
CDA to lay off almost 150 workers around Charlotte
Jacquelyn Melinek, North Carolina Business News Wire
CHARLOTTE — CDA Inc., which manufactures and supplies disc media, flash media, and micro-functional solutions, has issued a notice on Tuesday for 148 to be laid off at two locations in Charlotte and one in Pineville, North Carolina.
The Charlotte-based company, which was founded in 2000, is permanently closing all three facilities due to economic conditions and plans to lay off all employees on June 8, according to letters from Chief Restructuring Officer David Richeson to the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Ninety-six of the workers in Charlotte are in production. In Pineville, there are nine workers losing their jobs.
CDA has offices around the world ranging from Germany and Austria to India and Australia. The company was founded in 2000.
The affected employees ranged from accounting to maintenance and the most affected group was production with 105 employees being laid off.
The company was formerly known as Optical Experts Manufacturing Inc. and changed its name to CDA in late 2014.
There are no further comments available at this time.
The notice was filed to pursuant to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, which must be filed 60 days in advance of a plant closing that affects more than 50 employees in a 30-day period or a mass layoff of at least 500 employees or between 50 to 499 employees if they make up at least one-third of the employer’s workforce.
