IFB Solutions in the News

Coverage of IFB Solutions’ efforts to protect the jobs of people who are blind or visually impaired.

8/10/2020 Winston-Salem Journal IFB Solutions regains ability to pursue VA contracts, but previous optical deals excluded

1/2/2020 Law 360 Top Government Contracts Cases To Watch In 2020

12/17/2019 Carolina Journal U.S. House passes bill that helps to protect blind workers

12/17/2019 WFMY News 2 U.S. House passes bill that could restore contracts & jobs with IFB Solutions in Winston-Salem

12/17/2019 Representative Mark Walker Walker Supports Job Protections for Veterans and North Carolinians with Disabilities

12/17/2019 Winston-Salem Journal U.S. House clears bill that would restore two expired IFB Solutions federal optical contracts

12/17/2019 Spectrum News VA Contracts Could Come Back To IFB Solutions

11/11/2019 Carolina Journal Foxx files bill that would restore contracts to nonprofits serving the blind, disabled

9/16/2019 Winston-Salem Journal Our view: sad loss for IFB workers

9/11/2019 Carolina Journal Employer of blind North Carolinians loses first VA contract

9/11/2019 Triad Business Journal IFB Solutions CEO says company ‘cut out’ of federal contract process

9/10/2019 WFMY News 2 Job Cuts Begin in IFB Solutions’ Optical Lab, Company Wants US Supreme Court to Hear Case

9/10/2019 Spectrum News IFB Solutions Loses Jobs, Hundreds of Blind Employees at Risk

9/10/2019 88.5 WFDD IFB Solutions Files Petition With Supreme Court In Effort To Save Jobs

9/10/2019 Winston-Salem Journal 47 workers lose jobs after IFB loses contract appeal

9/10/2019 WXII News 12 IFB Solutions loses 47 jobs in Winston-Salem as VA ends optical contract

9/10/2019 Fox 8 News IFB Solutions in Winston-Salem petitions Supreme Court after losing first government contract, forced to cut 47 jobs

8/28/2019 WXII 12 News Triad veterans, disabled employees left in limbo as VA contract battle continues

8/16/2019 Carolina Journal Nonprofit that employs the blind says rival violating Veterans First legislation

8/16/2019 Winston Salem Journal IFB Solutions files protest of VA contract decision, gains second reprieve

8/15/2019 WXII 12 News IFB Solutions continues to fight job losses, expects VA to extend contract until decision is made

8/15/2019 WFMY News 2 Department of Veterans Affairs Expands Contract With IFB Solutions In Winston-Salem

8/8/2019 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Curtis Chase: Save their jobs

8/2/2019 Carolina Journal Legal dispute over VA set-asides could force W-S factory to fire blind workers

7/30/2019 WFMY News 2 IFB Solutions Cutting 137 Jobs in Winston-Salem Due to Federal Policy Changes

7/30/2019 Fox 8 News IFB Solutions in Winston-Salem gets extension amid fight to keep 137 jobs, including 76 blind workers

7/30/2019 Winston-Salem Journal 137 jobs are still on the line in Winston-Salem. But the nation’s largest employer of the blind is fighting court rulings.

7/30/2019 WXII 12 News Costly policy? IFB Solutions visits DC, fights to save jobs

7/28/2019 Winston-Salem Journal Scott Smith: Local jobs for the blind are facing elimination — now

7/26/2019 ABC 4 News Court ruling may help veterans but hurt the blind

7/25/2019 Winston-Salem Chronicle IFB Solutions facing loss of 76 jobs for people who are blind

7/24/2019 WLOS News 13 Plant that employs blind workers in Asheville braces for impact of policy change

7/23/2019 Fox 8 News Winston-Salem-based IFB Solutions, nation’s largest employer of blind workers, to lose 137 jobs due to federal policy changes

7/23/2019 WXII 12 News IFB Solutions leaders lobby in Washington after new VA proposal could cut 137 jobs in Winston-Salem

7/23/2019 WFMY News 2 137 people losing job at IFB Solutions in Winston-Salem, 76 of them are blind

7/23/2019 88.5 WFDD Layoffs on the horizon for IFB Solutions

7/23/19 Winston-Salem Journal 137 local jobs at stake as IFB Solutions faces loss of federal contract

7/22/19 WXII 12 News IFB Solutions facing dozens of job cuts; leaders heading to D.C. to fight policy change

10/18/18 Winston-Salem Journal IFB Solutions’ local eyeglasses lab in limbo after federal court ruling favors veterans over the visually impaired for VA contract

Other News

IFB Solutions is one of many non-profit agencies who employ people who are blind or with other disabilities affected by this issue. 

6/28/19 WBRC – Dozens of disabled workers face layoffs after Huntsville flag manufacturer’s federal contract ends

7/6/19 The Hill – This misguided court ruling could put hundreds of Americans who are blind out of work – Congress must act.