Toter Files WARN Notices for 96 Workers in Statesville, NC Closure

Toter has filed WARN notices covering 96 workers at its Statesville, North Carolina operation, with the job cuts effective December 22, 2026. The registry lists two separate records for the company in Statesville, both classified as closures, both carrying the same notice date and the same effective date. Together they are the newest official WARN filing in North Carolina — and the largest recent dated filing on the national registry not yet covered by this series.

The filing at a glance

• Company: Toter, Statesville, NC
• Records: Two closure records — 81 workers and 15 workers, 96 in total
• Notice date: October 23, 2026
• Effective date: December 22, 2026
• Notice period: 60 days, exactly the federal WARN Act minimum
• Type: Closure
• Source: Official filing via files.nc.gov, the North Carolina WARN listing

The two records share a company name, a city, a notice date, an effective date, and an event type. The registry does not say whether they represent two units, two sites, or two groups of workers at one location, so this article treats them as what they are on the record: two filings that add up to 96 affected workers.

A 60-day notice, right on the line

The federal WARN Act generally requires employers with 100 or more full-time workers to give at least 60 days' notice before a plant closing or mass layoff. Toter's notice, filed October 23 with an effective date of December 22, lands exactly on that 60-day line — neither short nor padded.

That precision matters for workers. A notice that comes in under 60 days can trigger back-pay liability for the shortfall; a notice that meets the minimum gives workers the full statutory window to plan. Toter's filing gives affected workers the full two months between the notice and the effective date, which falls three days before Christmas.

North Carolina in 2026

The Toter records are the newest official notices on North Carolina's page, which was last source-checked on October 27, 2026. The state's picture this year:

• 2026 so far: 69 notices, 6,881 reported workers
• Last 365 days: 83 official filings, 8,339 workers
• Full archive: 1,287 non-cancelled notices, 134,907 workers
• Future effective dates: 19 notices still to take effect

Toter is not the only large North Carolina filing in the pipeline. Sealy Mattress Manufacturing filed a 114-worker closure notice for Trinity, effective December 31, 2026, and FTGU filed a 93-worker closure notice for Conover, effective December 16, 2026 — both also noticed on October 23 and October 19 respectively. Pella's 133-worker Reidsville closure, noticed October 15, takes effect January 31, 2027. The December calendar in North Carolina is filling up: three filings of 90 or more workers land within about two weeks of each other.

The national picture

Across the country, the Layoff Atlas registry currently shows 676 notices covering 63,851 reported workers in the 90-day notice window, with 33 worker counts unavailable. The upcoming weeks are heavy: 7,743 workers are scheduled effective in the week of October 27, followed by 2,827 in the week of November 3, 6,838 in the week of November 10, 6,556 in the week of November 17, and 9,123 in the week of November 24 — the heaviest week on the current calendar.

Washington (16,960 workers), California (13,557), Illinois (4,626), Texas (3,652), and Georgia (2,492) lead the states by reported workers in the current window. North Carolina's 2026 filings sit well below those totals, but the cluster of large December closures — Toter, Sealy, and FTGU — makes the state's year-end calendar one to watch.

What a closure filing means

A WARN filing classified as a closure signals that the employer expects the site or operation to shut down, rather than shrink. That distinction matters for workers: in a closure, the whole operation goes, while a layoff filing can mean a partial reduction with some jobs remaining. Either way, a WARN notice is a report of a plan, not a completed event.

These are reported plans, not confirmed job losses. Filings can be amended, dates can shift, and some planned cuts never happen at the scale first reported. Workers at the Statesville operation should watch for updates to the filing and for Rapid Response services from the state workforce agency, which typically contact affected workers after a WARN notice is filed.

For now, the facts on the record are simple: 96 workers, two closure notices, 60 days' notice, and a December 22 effective date. It is the newest filing in North Carolina's official record — and the latest entry in a December layoff calendar that is getting crowded.

Data source: Layoff Atlas