Alabama loses 165 jobs as factory layoffs rock fragile economy

Alabama has had a rough go of it in 2025, no doubt about it.

And unfortunately the job losses keep piling up as manufacturing jobs flee the state.

One recent victim? Phenix City, which recently lost 165 jobs when AlaTrade did a big wave of layoffs at the local poultry plant.

What’s even more perplexing is that the layoffs came in the wake of AlaTrade investing millions of dollars to launch a new production project for chicken paws at the plant…

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