Reports this spring have indicated hard economic times for the Union Pacific Railroad and that apparently has come to North Little Rock operations.
A UP employee sends word of 44 furloughs yesterday in the Jenks Shop in North Little Rock and other area facilities. The Jenks Shop is UP’s biggest and employs roughly 1,100.
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The company discussed some 2,700 temporary layoffs company wide in April on news of a third consecutive quarter of declining freight shipments.