FedEx Corporation Layoff — August 2026
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGNew York State Department of Labor· filed March 27, 2026View the filing ↗
What we know
Location: Cheektowaga, New York (Erie County).
A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on March 27, 2026.
Industry: Transportation and Warehousing.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the NY state workforce agency.
Summary
A WARN notice filed with the New York State Department of Labor states that FedEx will lay off 36 employees at its Cayuga Road facility in Cheektowaga, N.Y., effective Aug. 3, 2026. The site employs 165 workers according to state records, and the Cheektowaga location represents the largest of six FedEx facilities in New York slated for cuts, with a total of 164 FedEx employees to be laid off across the six sites. FedEx did not provide a detailed reason beyond listing "other," and the company is undergoing a wider restructuring that has already optimized over 360 locations and closed more than 200, with further optimizations and closures planned through 2027. The notice indicates these are planned, scheduled workforce reductions under a formal WARN filing.
FedEx Corporation disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the NY state workforce agency on March 27, 2026. The notice covers 36 employees in Cheektowaga, NY (Erie County), with the layoff effective August 3, 2026.
LayoffTalk has tracked 75 layoff events at FedEx Corporation since April 2023, including 3,721 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 57 additional events known from news reporting.
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