CenturyLink, which employs almost 6,000 people in Colorado, inlcuding about 5,000 in the Denver area, says its laying off about 1,000 workers companywide, the Denver Post reports. The Louisiana-based telecommunications company has not said yet how the layoffs might affect its Colorado workforce.
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