Jack Cooper will shutter area facility, eliminate 400-plus jobs after losing Ford contract

Jack Cooper Transport to lay off over 400 workers at Liberty, Missouri location

The company notified the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development.

Jack Cooper will shutter area facility, eliminate 400-plus jobs after losing Ford contract

Ford's early termination of an auto hauling contract with the company presaged the layoffs, but the loss of the deal will close a Liberty facility permanently.

Trucking company Jack Cooper to shutter Missouri facility, lay off more than 400 employees

One of the nation’s largest auto-haulers will lay off hundreds of workers in the Kansas City area following the cancellation of the company’s long standing contract with Ford Motors Inc. Trucking company Jack Cooper Transport filed notice with Missouri workplace officials on January 14 detailing plans to shutter the company’s Liberty, Missouri, facility located at 1240 Claycomo Road. The Liberty facility is adjacent to a Ford plant. Closing the …

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