Amazon contract cancellations lead to layoffs in Houston, elsewhere

Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) has canceled contracts with a few delivery companies across the country, including one with a Houston presence.

RCX Logistics, which does business as Railcrew Xpress, informed the Texas Workforce Commission last week that it would close its Houston location at 11720 N. Gessner Drive as a result of that contract cancellation. The contract ends April 12, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letter.

Lenexa, Kansas-based Railcrew…