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Continued weakness in demand for shipping domestic crude oil has prompted Berkshire Hathaway’s Union Tank Car Co., more commonly referred to as UTLX, to announce major layoffs in Houston, Texas.
UTLX will cut a third of its staff from its facility in northeast Houston.
In a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission, the company stated that it will permanently cut 106 jobs commencing Jan. 20, 2017.
The move is no surprise, as in April 2016 UTLX announced that it would be cutting its tank car production by 50-percent.
At the time, the Berkshire Hathaway-owned company announced that it also planned to lay-off employees at its plant in Alexandria, Louisiana.
© 2016 David Mazor
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