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What Lineage Logistics layoffs have meant for employees

When Lineage takes a building out of service, it calls that idling, and CEO Greg Lehmkuhl said on the February 2026 earnings call that idling lets the company move labor and customers to adjacent sites, lowering cost and filling the buildings that take them in. On the August 2026 call he added that a couple of idled buildings could be turned back on for specific customers. Lineage put the 2025 idlings at around 1% of its supply, a sliver of its network that's a whole workplace to the people in each building. If your building is being idled, it's worth asking whether you're among the people moving with the work, which site you'd go to, on what shift and at what pay, and getting the answer in writing before you decide anything.

Warehouse operations have changed hands at Lineage in both directions, and on that August call management said it intends to bring its reported leverage down through strategic divestitures as part of a portfolio review. A sale can produce a notice that reads like a layoff. When Lineage passed its Solon operation to Giant Eagle, its own letter to Ohio described a permanent separation for everyone affected, while the city's development director told the Cleveland Jewish News that "no one loses their job" because Giant Eagle intended to hire everyone back. If a notice reaches you during a sale, it's worth asking whether a written offer from the new operator comes with it, and on what conditions, since a promise made to a town isn't the same as one made to you.

The East Pottsville crew heard plenty of reassurance when the building changed hands. The county commissioners' chair told the Republican & Herald in June 2025 that he hoped "nobody will lose their job," and the county's economic development director said he was confident the workers would stay on at Lineage operations in Highridge or Hazle Township. Then came Lineage's own layoff notice for the building, and WFMZ couldn't learn whether those workers would be offered positions at other Lineage facilities, with the company not answering its requests. If you're one of them, it's worth asking HR, in writing, about openings at Lineage's other Pennsylvania sites, among them Allentown, Bethlehem Township, Hazle Township and East Greenville, and whether any of your Tyson service carries over.

If you work in an office or a site support role, the CFO's description of the cost program on that February 2026 call is worth reading closely. He said it covered admin work and indirect costs at the sites, that the company was asking where work could be centralized and whether functions overlapped between a warehouse and corporate, and that it was looking to AI to "make do more with less," adding that "these are never easy decisions." The company expected about half of those savings to show up in 2026. If duties like yours are being folded into a central team, it's worth asking whether a role on that team is open to you and where it would be based.

Lineage's paperwork doesn't always carry the same name. Its Pennsylvania notice was filed as Lineage Logistics and its Ohio letter came from Lineage Logistics Services, while the company now calls itself Lineage, Inc., so it's worth trying each version in our WARN tracker. If you were laid off in Pennsylvania, the state's unemployment benefits rules are worth reading next. If you're offered a transfer and severance is also on the table, it's worth asking whether turning the transfer down would cost you the severance.

A sourced history of Lineage Logistics layoffs

• May 2026, East Pottsville, Pennsylvania warehouse layoff

  Lineage Logistics' notice to Pennsylvania, reported by WFMZ, set the layoff of 208 workers at its East Pottsville warehouse, 110 Keystone Boulevard East in Cass Township, for May 27. Lineage had bought the building from Tyson Foods in 2025.

• January 2025, staff cuts after an operations review

  Lineage confirmed to Reuters that it had "made the difficult decision to reduce certain positions within the company" as part of a comprehensive review of its operations, after the Wall Street Journal reported the cuts that week.

• January 2025, Federalsburg, Maryland plant-closure notice

  Lineage's January 3 notice to Maryland, recorded in the state's 2025 WARN log, listed a plant closure at 3946 Federalsburg Highway covering 37 employees, effective March 8.

• January 2022, Solon, Ohio operations handed to Giant Eagle

  Lineage Logistics Services set January 15 for layoffs of about 233 Solon workers, expected to be permanent, in a letter to Ohio that counted 162 of them in Teamsters Local 400. Giant Eagle, the site's primary customer, took over operations and told the Cleveland Jewish News it would hire all of them.

What to do if you're laid off from Lineage Logistics

• File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. Lineage Logistics's biggest hubs: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
• Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what Lineage Logistics's hub states run: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, and every other state is here.
• Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
• Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
• Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.