UPS To Close Baltimore County Warehouse, Lay Off 540 People

HALETHORPE, MD — United Parcel Service plans to lay off 540 people when it closes a Baltimore County distribution center next month, according to a state database.

UPS filed a Work Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice with the Maryland Department of Labor on June 20 notifying the state that it plans to lay off employees at its sorting facility at 3901 Vero Rd. in Halethorpe. The facility is located in southwestern Baltimore County, near Interstates 95 and 695.

The effective date of the layoffs is Aug. 23, according to the notice.

In a statement sent to Patch, UPS spokesperson Natasha Amadi said the company is temporarily closing the facility to modernize it. The closure is not expected to impact service to the Baltimore area, Amadi said.

UPS is also working to place affected employees at an onsite temporary hub or at nearby facilities.

Our employees are extremely important to us," Amadi said. "We remain committed to working with them throughout this transition and providing support."

The facility is expected to reopen in late 2025, Amadi said.

UPS previously laid off 118 employees at the same facility in March. A spokesperson previously told Patch the company was "reducing the package sorting operations at a few UPS facilities," including the one in Halethorpe.

In January, UPS chief executive Carol Tomé said the company plans to cut about 12,000 jobs this year as the company tries to cut costs due to falling package volumes and higher wages linked to a union contract it signed in the summer, the New York Times reported.

Ms. Tomé said most of the job cuts would be made in the first half of the year, reducing expenses by about $1 billion, according to the Times. UPS employs about 500,000 people.