Source:  CLARION LEDGER, 8/14/19


There are unconfirmed reports that as many as 100 employees have been fired at PH Food chicken processing plant in Morton after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided the plant and six others in Mississippi last week. PH Food wouldn't comment on the report of the layoffs. Dianne Bell, a spokeswoman for the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, said Wednesday the agency was trying to confirm the layoffs. She said the state doesn't require notification, but she said that in most cases it is notified of mass layoffs.

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