United Furniture Industries — the Tupelo-based furnishings manufacturer that recently laid off its entire staff via email and text message – received more than $3 million dollars in taxpayer money through business incentive grants since 2009. The furniture company regularly got sums every few years — ranging from $200,000 to […]
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Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com United Furniture Industries is being sued after laying off approximately 2,700 employees via emails and text messages. The plaintiff – a former employee of eight years who court documents say is representing “potentially thousands” of others who were affected – is challenging the Mississippi-based […]
A big US furniture company this week fired all of its 2,700 employees while they were sleeping, telling them in texts and emails not to come to work the next day, according to reports. The mass firing on Tuesday by United Furniture Industries, which makes budget-friendly sofas and recliners for […]
Test out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com Home Depot personnel in Philadelphia filed a petition Monday to unionize, according to data on the Countrywide Labor Relations Board (NLRB) web page. Ticker Safety Final Adjust Adjust % Hd THE Household DEPOT INC. 268.98 -2.56 -.94% The NLRB scenario webpage exhibits the petition […]
