Content Tagged 'Layoffs'

Windmill blade manufacturer LM Wind Power has announced plans to layoff over 200 workers at its Little Rock plant.

Aircraft manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft told 170 workers at a Little Rock factory Thursday that they would lose their jobs, trimming its U.S. workforce as it negotiates the sale of its business jet and general aviation operations to a Chinese company.

Friday's the last day of work for nearly all the remaining employees at Whirlpool Corp.'s Fort Smith plant.

A call center in Jonesboro has announced plans to close its doors this spring, laying off all 223 workers.

Arkansas lawmakers are continuing to look at the Forestry Commission's decision to lay off 34 employees to help close a $4 million budget shortfall.

A Kohler Co. faucet plant at Malvern will be closed with its operations moving to Sheridan and to a plant in Kohler, Wisc.

Legislators on Wednesday questioned the director of the Arkansas Forestry Commission over whether the legislature should appropriate $2.7 million after budget problems led to the firing of 36 employees.

The Sanyo Manufacturing Corp. factory in Forrest City is moving more of its operations to other cities.

Hawker Beechcraft Corp. says in a letter to employees that layoffs planned for later this month will have minimal effect on its Little Rock aircraft finishing plant.

Whirlpool Corp. officials say nearly two dozen people have been laid off at its plant in Fort Smith.