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July 9, 2009
The Ohio company that operates Florida East Coast Railway yards in Miami Springs, Fort Lauderdale and Jacksonville has notified the state that it may have to layoff 142 employees if Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) does not renew its contract.
Cincinnati-based Parsec has held the operations contract since 1994. However, FEC decided to put it out for bid, leaving the future of Parsec’s employees up in the air.
FEC operates 351 miles of mainline track along the east coast of Florida.
In a filing with the state in May, Parsec said it might have to layoff the 142 employees by July 5. But the company has since notified the Agency for Workforce Innovation that it is extending the deadline until Aug. 2 to accommodate FEC’s bidding process. The extension came at FEC’s request, Parsec told the state.
State records show that Parsec VP David Budig was scheduled to meet with FEC on Thursday to discuss the contract, but that Budig “does not feel that this meeting is favorable.” Budig could not immediately be reached for comment.
However, after Parsec first notified the state of the possible layoffs, Budig said he thought FEC was just looking to minimize its cost. “There are no service issues, they have made it clear, but they just want to test the market,” he said in an interview with the Business Journal in May.
An FEC spokeswoman could not immediately provide answers to the Business Journal’s request for comment.
If the company does not get the contract, 76 workers from Miami Springs, 20 from Fort Lauderdale and 46 from Jacksonville will lose their jobs. They include crane operators, terminal managers, drivers, and mechanics whose job it is to load and off-load cargo from FEC flatbeds.
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