The closing on Friday comes days after the Texas-based company shut down its poultry processing facility in Athens, Ala., eliminating 640 jobs.
Closing the Athens and Alabama operations is part of a series of plant shutdowns Pilgrim's Pride, including plants in Douglas and Dalton, Ga.; El Dorado, Ark.; and Farmerville, La.
Pilgrim's Pride spokesman Ray Atkinson said the company may find jobs for the workers at its other Athens plant, or in its other north Georgia facilities. He says everyone on the layoff list should be recalled within a few months.
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