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General Jackson Showboat closure puts 114 Nashville-area jobs at risk
The General Jackson Showboat has filed a state WARN notice affecting 114 workers as the Nashville attraction prepares to close Dec. 15. A regional workforce board will provide rapid-response and dislocated-worker services.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The General Jackson Showboat has filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, warning that 114 employees will be affected by the attraction’s permanent closure on Dec. 15.
The filing follows the announcement that the showboat will retire after decades on the Cumberland River. The workers are not represented by a collective bargaining agreement and do not have bumping rights, which can allow senior employees to take the jobs of less-senior workers during layoffs.
The Northern Middle Local Workforce Development Board is coordinating Rapid Response and Dislocated Worker Services for affected employees. Those services are intended to help workers navigate the transition and connect with employment support.
The General Jackson began as an Opryland project and made its first sailing on the Ohio River on April 20, 1985. After the nearby Opryland theme park closed, the showboat continued operating on the Cumberland River as part of Nashville’s entertainment and tourism scene.