Fortrex, Borton & Sons Among Firms Reporting WARN Notices Affecting 1,126 Workers
Five employers filed WARN notices Aug. 26–27, 2026, for 1,126 positions across manufacturing, food and supply sectors.
Between Aug. 26 and Aug. 27, 2026, multiple employers submitted Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filings that together account for 1,126 affected positions across several U.S. businesses.
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Fortrex filed a WARN notice, reported by NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts, saying it will lay off 50 workers in Blountsville, Blount County, Alabama. The notice, filed on Aug. 20, schedules the layoffs to begin on Sept. 11, 2026, the NewsBreak report said. The article noted prior rounds of mass layoffs in Alabama between 2023 and 2024 that affected more than 400 workers and referenced past safety and hiring controversies; company spokespeople did not respond to requests for comment, according to the report.
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BFG Supply Co., LLC submitted WARN notices that together list 39 employees affected, per WARN filings with state regulators. The filings are dated Oct. 25, 2026, and list one event affecting 2 workers and a separate event affecting 37 workers, respectively.
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Borton & Sons, Inc. filed a WARN notice, per a WARN filing with state regulators, reporting 928 employees affected. That filing is dated Nov. 8, 2026.
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Twin City Foods, Inc. notified regulators via a WARN filing that 109 employees will be affected; that filing is dated Nov. 2, 2026.
Combined, the notices reported to state regulators and summarized by NewsBreak account for 1,126 positions across these filings. Several of the WARN entries list future effective dates and provide no additional company statements in the filings cited.
Notes on sources: key facts about Fortrex’s Alabama layoffs and prior actions are drawn from the NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts report. The employee counts and filing dates for the other employers are taken from the respective WARN filings with state regulators.