Some were outraged, some were sympathetic, but there was no indifference among the families of workers affected by Blue Bell Creameries' announced plans for layoffs and furloughs.
The Brenham, Texas-based company is cutting more than a third of its workforce after a series of listeria illnesses linked to its ice cream prompted a nationwide recall of all its products. Another 1,400 workers will be furloughed.
Hannah Averitt's husband was one of the workers who lost his job. She says her husband and got "no information, no warning," and she criticized what she saw as Blue Bell's "very poor handling of the entire situation."
But Frances Herndon, whose husband was furloughed, expressed gratitude to Blue Bell "for doing everything you can to take care of the employees."
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