Furniture Brands / To lay off 1,451 workers in Mississippi

Furniture Brands International Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, plans to lay off 1,451 workers in Mississippi, nearly one-fourth of its U.S. workforce.

The layoffs will come from the St. Louis-based company’s Lane Furniture division, which has manufacturing plants in Belden and Siltillo and distribution centers in Verona and Wren, according to the Associated Press.

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via Bankrupt Furniture Brands plans massive layoffs – St. Louis Business Journal.