AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT SPIRAL BINDING COMPANY

Totowa, New Jersey-based Spiral Binding Company, a prominent manufacturer and distributor of print finishing, graphic arts, and presentation products and services, has announced the permanent closure of its Camarillo, California, facility on September 26, 2025.

The closure will impact 135 employees. This follows 137 layoffs in Totowa, New Jersey, and the complete cessation of business at that location.

The company declined to comment, and it is uncertain if the company will continue in its present form.

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life, nor promises of a bright future. We see good people being laid off through no fault of their own. Just because something terrible hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, at any time, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. While many employees can read the writing on the wall, why do most assume it’s targeted at someone else? Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT STICKER MULE

New York City, New York-based Sticker Mule, a custom printing company specializing in stickers, labels, coasters, buttons, pins, packaging, and magnets, has announced a mass layoff attributed to automation.

The mass layoff impacts 68 employees.

CEO Anthony Constantino noted, “In the last 2 years, we installed roughly 250 robots to automate operations. The best way to keep manufacturing in the USA is to automate, automate, automate to do more with fewer people and offer higher wages. Sticker Mule has an incredible ROADMAP to grow into the foreseeable future. At the end of the day, customers flock to the best innovator, and that’s us.”

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. We see good people being laid off through no fault of their own. Just because something terrible hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. While many employees can read the writing on the wall, why do most assume it’s targeted at someone else? Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT R. R. DONNELLEY

Chicago, Illinois-based R.R. Donnelley, an media communications company that provides marketing and business communications, commercial printing, and related services, has announced the closure of its West Caldwell, New Jersey facility that provides outsourced transactional document production and mailing services.

The closure will impact 201 employees.

The decision appears to be related to decreased commercial printing in favor of lower-cost electronic distribution modalities.

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. We see good people being laid off through no fault of their own. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?