A nonprofit textile manufacturer in Charlotte that employs and assists the visually impaired is laying off over 100 people.
Lions Services Inc., headquartered in east Charlotte, will be laying off 107 people by July 1, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) report filed on May 1. Such notices are required by federal law during mass layoffs. According to its LinkedIn page, Lions Services employs between 200 and 500 people.
After the completion of a contract, work decreased for the nonprofit, according to the report. And with no “comparable replacement,” layoffs were necessary to maintain operations…