Collins Aerospace confirmed it has laid off 131 employees from its Cedar Rapids and Decorah operations.
“To ensure we are structured to best meet our customers’ needs, we have realigned resources and are optimizing our organizational structure where needed, including the reduction of a small number of positions,” a Collins spokesperson wrote the CBJ on Thursday. “We recognize the impact this has on affected employees, and we are working closely with them during the transition.”
The announcement comes three months after the company laid off 160 workers from its Cedar Rapids location.
According to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification website, the layoffs affect 102 employees at the company’s Cedar Rapids location and 29 at the Decorah location. Workers were notified June 12 and the layoffs will be effective July 18.
The WARN Act “requires employers with 100 or more employees to give 60 calendar days written notice when there is a plant closing or mass layoff.”
The notice “provides employees time to prepare for the potential loss of their jobs, find new employment, and, if necessary, enroll in training,” WARN’s website states.
Collins Aerospace employs nearly 9,000 people in Iowa, with the majority based in Cedar Rapids, home to its Mission Systems and Avionics divisions. Since September 2020, the company has laid off an estimated 248 employees across the state, including 68 positions eliminated in Cedar Rapids in October 2023.
