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United Furniture Industries fired thousands of people via text and email while they slept

United Furniture Industries fired thousands of people via text and email while they slept

Days before Thanksgiving, a Mississippi-based furniture company laid off 2,700 workers across the country — via text and email — while many of them slept. United Furniture Industries has laid off nearly all of its workforce in the state, as well as employees in North Carolina and California, and in a blow, cut employee health …

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Europe fears its industries could fly to the United States as energy costs force factories to close

Europe fears its industries could fly to the United States as energy costs force factories to close

The empty assembly line at the Duralex glass factory in Orleans, France, on November 15. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption toggle caption Eleanor Beardsley/NPR The empty assembly line at the Duralex glass factory in Orleans, France, on November 15. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR ORLÉANS, France – The assembly line at the Duralex glass factory sits idle, its massive …

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