Prime Air fleet is laying off nearly 3,000 workers in Illinois and Maryland as Amazon shifts more jobs in-house. plans to lay off 1,374 workers in Rockford, Illinois near Chicago Rockford International Airport, the company said in a notice filed in January with the state of Illinois. This is in addition to more than 1,600layoffs impacting Pinnacle Logistics workers at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.
Both actions come as Amazon plans to hire more employees directly for its flight services, as opposed to relying on contractors."Amazon has been an active member of the greater Chicago area business community for several years, and are excited to grow our direct employee base in the area to now include our Rockford Air Gateway," the spokesperson said Thursday. "The hourly Pinnacle Logistics employees have been offered roles as an Amazon associate at their current location.
Greenwich Logistics, Letter Ride, Inpax, Urban Mobility Now, and Sheard-Loman Transport have announced upward of
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