WIPP layoffs announced

From the Carlsbad Current Argus - CARLSBAD - Sixty-five employees at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant will lose their jobs beginning in October, it was announced today. The layoffs come as the second part of a workforce restructuring plan by Washington TRU Solutions (WTS), which manages the plant for the U.S. Department of Energy. Approximately 65 employees, including WTS personnel, temporary employees and subcontract personnel will be impacted, according to a WTS news release. "This is an extremely difficult time," said Farok Sharif, WTS president and general manager. "We have implemented numerous cost-saving measures in FY11 and more are to come in FY12, but it isn't enough. With the end of the Recovery Act scope and funding and the outlook of the FY12 budget, we are faced with reducing our workforce further." Read more
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