Trane cutting 140 workers in Lexington

Trane, one of Lexington’s largest employers, plans to lay off 140 hourly workers effective Monday, according to the president of the union representing them.

The union was told of the company’s plans in mid-December, said United Auto Workers Local 912 President Tom Coffey, who linked the decision to the recession.

Trane, which manufactures climate equipment, relies on the construction of new buildings for some sales, and “as the economy has turned down, naturally that slowed the number of new buildings,” Coffey said.

“We’re usually approximately nine months to a year behind everybody else, and it has finally caught up with us,” he said.

A manager at the plant, whose voicemail indicated he was on vacation, and two corporate media relations employees did not return messages left Wednesday.
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