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United Furniture Industries Fired Thousands via Text, Email as They Slept

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“I thought it was a joke or something,” Jimmy Herring told The Daily Beast after being fired days before Thanksgiving and just weeks ahead of his baby’s expected arrival.

Kate Briquelet
Kate Briquelet 

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Kate Briquelet

Kate Briquelet

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