Obamanomics Update: 200 workers lose jobs unexpectedly in Lancaster County

6/1/2014

Source InterLink closed on Friday

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. —Close to 200 people in Lancaster County are losing their jobs at Source InterLink.

The group is a magazine distribution company with a location at the Greenfield Corporate Center.

Workers were initially told that the company would be slowly shutting down over the next two or three months. However, when they arrived at work on Friday, they were told the shutdown had been enacted and to go home.

The company has about 85 full time workers, and about 100 temporary workers.

In a letter, the company's CEO wrote that one of their major suppliers decided to move in a different direction. Without that supplier, the company could not continue.

About 6,000 jobs will be cut nationwide, according to the New York Post.

News 8 has left repeated messages to the company that have gone unanswered. At least one long-time employee says all of her questions have gone unanswered as well.

The Department of Labor and Industry says it has not received notification of the closure, but will reach out with a rapid response team.

source