North Carolina
Foster to lay off 181 workers in North Carolina
The North Carolina Department of Commerce published the WARN notices dated October 21, 2026; the permanent closures take effect March 5, 2027.
Foster has notified North Carolina officials that it will lay off 181 workers at sites in Winston Salem and Greenville, according to two Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notices published by the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
The notices break down as follows: 169 workers in Winston Salem (2900 Lowery St., Winston Salem); 12 workers in Greenville (1060 Taylors Creek Dr., Greenville).
The notices are dated October 21, 2026 and give March 5, 2027 as the date the permanent closures take effect.
We have recorded 10 layoffs in North Carolina so far in 2026.
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How we verified this
Checked against the North Carolina Department of Commerce WARN notice on October 24, 2026: it names Foster and gives the figure we report (“169 + 12 across two WARN notices”). How we work.
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