Corporations Announce Mass Layoffs Affecting Workers

Amazon and UPS announced large rounds of job cuts in early 2026, with Amazon eliminating roughly 16,000 corporate and tech positions and UPS planning up to 30,000 job cuts. The moves follow more than 1.2 million US job eliminations in 2025 and widespread layoffs across tech, finance, retail and manufacturing, accelerating automation-driven workforce reductions and labor unrest.