Another 33 will be laid off by Sept. 1; the final 21 will be laid off by Dec. 15. Honeywell said all employees have been notified.
Jeane Chaffin, vice president of Iron Workers 851 who represents 186 total union members at the West Chester plant, said the layoffs are a result of a “lack of work, basically.” She also represents workers at a Honeywell plant in London, OH, where over 100 workers were recently laid off in two waves, which limits the transfer options available for the laid off West Chester employees.
“The opportunity to go over there is not open at the moment because they had laid off individuals there,” Chaffin said. “There is an opportunity for them to go into other honeywell facilities, but they’d probably have to relocate.”
Chaffin said union reps are scheduled to meet with company officials next week to “make sure (workers) get what they’re entitled to and also (see) if we could get any extra perks, anything we could do to help them out.”
The company was unable to provide the Journal-News with a comment on the layoffs at the time of reporting.
Honeywell Intelligrated is a result of Honeywell International’s 2016 acquisition of Intelligrated, a Mason-based logistics company that helps companies get products out the door with automated systems. “Warehouse automation is increasingly essential to meet demanding service level agreements (SLAs), manage exponential SKU growth, satisfy rising customer expectations, and address labor challenges,” the company said on its website.
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