Verizon will soon add a financial services hub to its Cherokee Industrial Park facility, a move that will add 500 jobs to the area. The announcement was made Friday morning, and scheduled to include an appearance by Gov. Mary Fallin. When complete, Verizon’s financial services hub will handle accounts payable, accounting and other financial activities. … Continue reading
After negotiations with the union and early retirement packages, company and union officials said this month that American would lay off 300 mechanics and about 70 fleet service workers in Tulsa by February. The layoffs will be effective in November … American Airlines layoffs leave families up in the air | Tulsa World.
American Airlines will close its Fort Worth maintenance base by the end of the year, lay off 839 Tulsa mechanics and consolidate major aircraft maintenance operations in Tulsa and at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, company executives said Monday. More than 1,700 mechanics & related workers at American’s three aircraft overhaul bases will be laid off … Continue reading
When American Airlines announced bankruptcy-fueled layoffs at the company’s maintenance base in Tulsa, the initial worry was for the thousands of local workers slated for layoffs. That concern has spread to fear for Oklahoma’s aerospace industry itself. If plans to layoff 2,100 workers at the Tulsa maintenance base go through, the loss could mean losing … Continue reading