Overview

• Employees were told they would receive severance and job transition support, with Oct. 31 as their final work day.
• The reductions hit technicians in national operations and technical support tied to Rogers network work transferred to Ericsson this spring.
• United Steelworkers Local 1944 has a pending bid to certify about 200 of those transferred workers, and union representatives say some of the laid-off had just signed union cards.
• Managers who moved from Rogers were not included in this round of job cuts.
• Ericsson has forecast elevated 2025 restructuring charges despite reporting a Q2 operating profit excluding those costs as North American 5G spending cools.