What’s the Future of Kentucky’s Army Depot? Workers Fear Layoffs, Reductions

Blue Grass Army Depot employees

A union representing workers at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Madison County says it’s concerned about the future of the facility. Ryan McCarthy, a business representative for District 1888 of the IAM Union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said in an interview last month there has been discussion about merging the […]

With Chemical Weapons Destroyed, Hundreds of Layoffs Begin at Army Depot In Kentucky

Their mission nearly accomplished, government contractors have begun layoffs at a Central Kentucky plant where 523 tons of chemical weapons were destroyed. The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Madison County is in the “closure phase,” said Mark York, communications manager for Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, the joint venture that built and operates the […]