Hawker Beechcraft Laying Off 170 At Little Rock
Associated Press - Thu 11:35 AM 08/02/2012
The Wichita, Kan.-based company says the layoff will affect both hourly and salaried workers
Hawker Beechcraft is laying off 170 employees at its Little Rock aircraft finishing plant.
The company on Thursday issued a letter giving the workers 60 days of notice, as required by federal law.The Wichita, Kan.-based company says the layoff will affect both hourly and salaried workers. In November Hawker Beechcraft assured Little Rock employees that there was enough work at the plant so that layoffs would not be necessary, even though the company issued a layoff notice.
In May, the Hawker Beechcraft filed for bankruptcy protection and in July agreed to sell the company to a Chinese firm for $1.8 billion. Demand for business jets has declined since the 2008 economic downturn. The company wouldn't comment about the Little Rock layoff.
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kkb
Thursday 2 August 2012 12:35 Report this comment
WAKE UP AND STAND UP AMERICA!!1 All of our jobs are going over seas as well as our food supply is being shipped over here.How long will it be until we are at the MERCY of China,Japan,Mexico??
evilklown
Thursday 2 August 2012 13:30 Report this comment
WAKE UP AMERICA!Throw out the unions and take back your jobs. The unions are the greedy source of all the jobs going across the border.
grnthums
Thursday 2 August 2012 15:35 Report this comment
union membership has steadily declined since 1967, so too has the middle class’s share of national income, as the super-rich have taken a larger share of national income than any time since the 1920s. Trickle-down economics since the early eighties. You got your way. All the claims by the "job creators" were false.
ksfarmdude
Thursday 2 August 2012 17:33 Report this comment
this company needs to go the way of the doh doh bird (go extinct )