TUCKER, Ga. - Hormel is laying off about half of its workers at the company’s Tucker, Georgia, plant, according to a public Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification.

What we know:

The company said it will lay off 135 people from the plant in the WARN letter. The dates of separation for the employees are between Oct. 26 and Nov. 8.

The letter was written by Hormel's attorney on Aug. 25 and addressed to Tucker Mayor Frank Auman, the state Office of Workforce Development and to United Food and Commercial Workers Union President Eric Taylor.

The company said the layoffs are happening because bacon will no longer be produced at the plant.

The plant currently employs 350, according to the WARN notice.

Dig deeper:

The layoffs will affect about 15 different roles within the plant, ac

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