Pillowtex

Company Profile

Plant Closings and Layoffs

Plant Closings and Layoffs (2003)

Company name: Pillowtex.
Closing date: August 2003.
Jobs affected: 6,450 at 16 plants:
  • 264 in Alabama,
  • 350 in Mississippi,
  • 560 in China Grove, N.C., and 450 in Eden, N.C.,
  • 70 in South Carolina, and
  • 950 in Fieldale, Virginia
    • Location(s):
  • Scotsboro, Alabama,
  • Tunica, Mississippi,
  • China Grove and Eden, N.C.,
  • South Carolina, and
  • Fieldale, Virginia
    • Type of facility: Home textiles.
  • rugs in Scotsboro, Alabama,
  • bedding in Tunica, Mississippi,
  • towels in Fieldale, Virginia
    • Union (if any): UNITE HERE!.
    Source(s) of information: The Associated Press State & Local Wire, August 7, 2003; The Charlotte Obverser, N.C., July 31, 2003; News & Record, Greenville, N.C., August 3, 2003; and Richmond Times Dispatch, Va., August 1, 2003.

    Company name: Pillowtex.
    Closing date: June 2003.
    Jobs affected:
  • 160 in North Carolina (layoff) and
  • 160 in Tennessee.
    • Location(s):
  • Kannapolis, North Carolina and
  • Tunica, Tennessee.
    • Type of facility: Home textiles.
    Union (if any): UNITE HERE!.
    Source(s) of information: The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn., June 19, 2003.

    Plant Closings and Layoffs (2002)

    Company name: Pillowtex.
    Closing date: 2002.
    Jobs affected: 1,000
    Location(s): Columbus and Phoenix City, Ohio
    Type of facility: Home textiles.
    Union (if any): UNITE HERE!.
    Source(s) of information: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, August 12, 2003.