UPS is closing five facilities in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, plus a sortation shift at an Ohio building, in the coming months as part of its sweeping network overhaul.
The following locations will shutter or see operations reduced due to the company’s "Network Reconfiguration" initiative, spokesperson Karen Tomaszewski Hill confirmed in an email to Supply Chain Dive:
| Location | Result | Closing date | Employees impacted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 River Road, New Kensington, Pennsylvania | Building closure | May 10 | Unknown |
| 2129 Rockdale Lane, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania | Building closure | May 16 | Unknown |
| 647 Summer St., Boston, Massachusetts | Building closure | May 23 | 62 |
| 20 N. Star Rd., Holmen, Wisconsin | Building closure | June 10 | 42 |
| 1821 South 19th St., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Building closure | June 20 | Unknown |
| 17940 Englewood Dr., Middleburg Heights, Ohio | Day sortation shift closure | July 1 | 98 |
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letters filed for the Wisconsin and Ohio facilities said the bulk of employees impacted at those locations work part time, with bumping rights in effect for workers represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
The union’s general president, Sean O’Brien, warned in a statement last week that if any planned job cuts “attempt to go after hard-fought, good-paying Teamsters jobs, UPS will be in for a hell of a fight.” UPS is working to place as many affected employees as possible in other positions, according to Hill.
More closures could be revealed in the coming weeks, as UPS is planning to shutter 73 facilities by June's end and cut roughly 20,000 positions this year. The cuts are part of the carrier's efforts to match its U.S. network's capacity with expected volume declines. UPS is reducing the amount of volume it delivers for Amazon, its largest customer, by June 2026.
UPS is helping its largest customers adjust their operating plans to mitigate any disruptions from the building closures while encouraging smaller shippers to use alternative drop off points, CEO Carol Tomé said during an earnings call last week.
“While this may be the largest network reconfiguration in our history, we’ve got experience that gives us confidence that we will be able to complete our plan with very little customer disruption and at the right cost to serve,” Tomé said on the call.
