First news of Alltel cuts emerges

by The City Wire staff ([email protected]) 91 views 

It’s been known that deep job cuts are coming to Arkansas ever since the $28 billion deal by Verizon Wireless to buy Little Rock-based Alltel Corp. was announced.

Alltel employs many in the Fort Smith region, including those at Alltel retail stores and the Alltel production distribution center in south Fort Smith.

Our content partner at Talk Business has followed the Verizon-Alltel deal and has posted today the first report of how the transaction from the employees’ perspective could play out.