May 18, 2015
FairPoint layoffs deal largest blow in Maine
FairPoint Communications is planning to lay off 260 workers across 17 states, and its Maine workforce is expected to take the biggest hit.
The Bangor Daily News reported that FairPoint’s plan includes 79 layoffs in Maine, which the company said is the result of declining revenue from its landline service. The announcement follows a poor first quarter for FairPoint, which posted a net loss of $45.2 million.
Peter McLaughlin, spokesman for Maine’s International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local, told the newspaper that “cutting [FairPoint’s] workforce by more than 10% will only make matters worse,” referring to the company failing to meet service quality benchmarks.
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