(Source: Roanoke Times, September 3, 2019)
ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. furloughed about 130 locomotive shop employees in Roanoke on Tuesday. About 83 workers lost their jobs at Shaffer’s Crossing and 47 to 50 at the East End Shops, said Shannon Spotswood, a Vinton-based representative for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union. The furloughed workers, who include electricians, machinists, laborers, pipefitters, engine carpenters and boilermakers, have a “slim” chance of being recalled to work, according to Spotswood.
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