(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 6, 2009)
BUFFALO, N.Y. — CSX Corp. says 132 workers at its Buffalo rail yard will be laid off by the end of this month.
The Jacksonville, Fla.-based rail company said Tuesday that it would end its major switching operations at Frontier Yards by the end of May. CSX says more than 330 workers will continue to be based at the facility.
The announcement comes a week after CSX officials told union leaders that about 20 percent of the yard’s employees would lose their jobs as the company eliminates jobs because of a decline in shipping volume caused by the economic downturn.
About half of the work being done at the Frontier Yards is to be moved to other CSX facilities in western New York.
CSX also has yards in Rochester, Syracuse and Selkirk, just south of Albany.