UPS to shut down Baltimore County warehouse, 540 employees impacted

BALTIMORE — United Parcel Service plans to shut down it’s Baltimore County distribution warehouse and lay off 540 workers, according to a state database. 

On June 20, UPS notified the Maryland Department of Labor that they will be temporarily closing their facility at 3901 Vero Road on Aug. 23. The 182,000-square-foot facility is off Interstate 95 and southwest of Baltimore city limits. 

UPS provided a statement to WJZ saying, 

As a part of our Network of the Future initiative [webpronews.com] we’re modernizing our Baltimore facility at 3901 Vero Road and will temporarily close the facility on August 23, 2024. Our employees are extremely important to us, and we are working to place as many employees as possible in other positions at our onsite temporary hub or in nearby facilities. We remain committed to working with them throughout this transition and providing support. This temporary closure won’t impact customer service and we have plans in place to continue servicing the Baltimore community. We expect the enhanced Baltimore facility to reopen in late 2025.

Other staffing changes have been underway at UPS.

According to the state database, UPS laid off 118 people at the same facility in March due to volume demands.

UPS Unionized employees received substantial pay raises in 2023 after contract negotiations, according to The New York Times, but in January, CEO Carol Tomé announced the company’s plan to lay off about 12,000 employees this year. Those layoffs did not affect union employees, according to the company.