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Gas Prices Force Trucking Company LayoffsAssociated Press
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June 3, 2008
WAUSAU, WI - WH Transportation Co. says it will lay off 340 workers in Wisconsin, Ohio and Georgia because of rising fuel costs.
The Wausau-based company says it will end its van freight business after July.
It will focus instead on delivering housing materials for sister companies Wausau Homes and Sterling Building Systems. It also will deliver general flatbed freight for other companies.
Co-owner Tom Schuette says in a statement that the van freight industry can't raise its rates enough to cover rising fuel and other costs.
Schuette says the company will reduce its staff in Wisconsin to 80 people after July. He did not say how many people would be laid off here and
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