
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, June 2, 1990                   TAG: 9006020078
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A5   EDITION: METRO 
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CSX TO FURLOUGH 16 IN CLIFTON FORGE

CSX Transportation Inc. said it will furlough 16 shop workers at Clifton Forge, along with 45 at Cumberland, Md., because of a decision to retire more than 200 older locomotives. CSX said the retirement of locomotives also is the reason for the transfer of other shop workers from Hamlet, N.C. and Tampa, Fla. to shops at Waycross, Ga. and Corbin, Ky.

In other Covington-Clifton Forge employment news, the April unemployment rate was 5.5 percent, down from 7.8 percent in March, according to the Virginia Employment Commission.

- Staff report

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