US Well Services Lays Off Nearly 50 in Jane Lew, WV

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cutting jobsU.S. Well Services, headquartered in Houston, TX but with a sizable office in Jane Lew, WV, is an oilfield services company providing hydraulic fracturing services in unconventional oil and natural gas basins--including the Marcellus and Utica Shale. According to their website, U.S. Well Services operates both diesel and electric fracking fleets. On Wednesday, with no warning, they laid off most of their workers in the Jane Lew office--just under 50 people, meaning the company was not required to give advance notice under the WARN Act. Here's what happened on Wednesday, what U.S. Well Services calls an "unfortunate reduction"...

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