Layoffs

Fifteen other states have suspended their re-openings.

The latest figure also coincides with a sudden resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the United States.

The company’s current global workforce is 70,000.

The national jobless rate was 14.7% in April.

The company said it is working to provide resources to employees and their families.

Beyond the impacted Wyoming facilities, the diesel shop in Glendive, Montana will be permanently closed.

The smallest companies, those with fewer than 20 workers, cut nearly 3.4 million jobs.

St. Louis-based Peabody declined to comment.

All told, roughly nearly 12 million people are now receiving unemployment checks.

They are cutting jobs, staff hours and pay, dropping print editions -- and in some cases shutting down entirely.