{"id":40213,"date":"2017-02-13T14:37:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T19:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=40213"},"modified":"2017-02-13T14:37:59","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T19:37:59","slug":"alaska-railroad-lay-off-31-people-eliminate-18-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/alaska-railroad-lay-off-31-people-eliminate-18-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska Railroad to lay off 31 employees, eliminate 18 jobs","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
The Alaska Railroad announced Friday, Feb. 10 that they will lay off 31 people and eliminate 18 vacant positions, 8 percent of its workforce. Employees were told on Friday that their last day will be March 13. The positions being eliminated range from interns to vice president-level jobs. The railroad has 609 full-time employees\u00a0and hires […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":6,"featured_media":30998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44,31,45,9,18],"tags":[1644,2751,3117],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Alaska Railroad announced Friday, Feb. 10 that they will lay off 31 people and eliminate 18 vacant positions, 8 percent of its workforce. Employees were told on Friday that their last day will be March 13. The positions being eliminated range from interns to vice president-level jobs.
\nThe railroad has 609 full-time employees\u00a0and hires approximately 150 more employees in the summer months to help with increased traffic in passenger rail.
\nSince 2008, Alaska Railroad has eliminated more than 300 year-round positions.
\nClick here to read more from the Alaska Dispatch News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"