Joy Global cutting 85 workers in NW Pa.
FRANKLIN – A mining machinery manufacturer in northwestern Pennsylvania will be laying off 85 employees beginning Nov. 20.
Joy Global confirmed the date and number of affected workers Wednesday, according to The Derrick of Oil City. Joy announced the layoffs in August, but hadn’t given a number.
Joy is based in Franklin, about 70 miles north of Pittsburgh. It is one of several operations owned by Milwaukee-based Joy Global Inc.
The company has been losing sales for about three years, blaming China’s economic slowdown for diminishing demand for coal and mineral mining. Low natural gas prices and increased U.S. oil production have also hurt the coal industry.
The workers will qualify for benefits under the Fair Trade Act because they’re being laid off before Nov. 26.