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Speyside Bourbon Cooperage in Smyth lays off 75 workers
Speyside Bourbon Cooperage in Atkins will lay off 75 employees at the end of April due to slowdowns in the bourbon industry, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) letter dated Feb. 28. Speyside plans to end second-shift production and third-shift maintenance at the Smyth County facility. Laid-off workers may be recalled “as […]
Winchester cabinet manufacturer closing Orange plant
Winchester-based cabinet manufacturer American Woodmark is closing its manufacturing facility in Orange, laying off 131 employees. The company notified the state of the closure Jan. 7 in compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. The layoffs at the plant, located at 281 Kentucky Road, will take effect March 24. American Woodmark did not […]
McLean-based ID.me lays off 54 workers
McLean-based tech company ID.me Inc. has laid off 54 employees, months after the Internal Revenue Service — among other government agencies — said it would drop its plan to require taxpayers to submit to facial recognition via ID.me’s software. Fifty-four employees lost their jobs, according to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which is […]
