Huntington is set to lose 121 jobs as a result of CSX Transportation consolidating its administrative staff into other regional offices.
The Jacksonville, Florida-based railroad and transportation company announced Monday afternoon that many of the 121 management and union employees at the company's Huntington office would have a choice in several months to either leave the company or move to another regional office in locations like Atlanta, Baltimore or Louisville, Kentucky.
"At the conclusion of the transition period, the timing of which may vary by role, many employees will be given an opportunity to fill positions in other areas of the network," CSX stated in a press release.
The company also emphasized that other CSX employees in the city and surrounding region, including those at the Huntington locomotive shop, would still have a job.
The Huntington administrative staff had been responsible for customers in parts West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio, largely in what the company termed the central Appalachian coal fields.
CSX stated that the company's coal-related revenues had declined by $1.4 billion in the past four years.
"Today's announcement is part of CSX's focus on reducing structural costs and aligning resources with demand in its coal fields," the press release stated, "and follows the reduction of train operations at Erwin, Tennessee, and the closing of mechanical shops at Corbin, Kentucky."
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