A logistics supplier for Stellantis intends to lay off 70 workers in Warren after the automaker’s “sudden and unexpected” termination of its services, according to state officials and published reports.
Workers will be let go from DP World Contract Logistics effective Oct. 5, the company said in a WARN notice. The layoffs will take place at its warehouse near Hoover and Nine Mile roads.
According to the notice, DP World recently received word its sole customer in Warren — Stellantis — that its services will no longer will be needed after Oct. 5.
“DP World will not have any ongoing work at the Warren Facility after October 5th and, thus, no need for employees to work at that facility thereafter,” Lauren Bennett, human resources manager for the company, said in the Aug. 5 letter. “Accordi