More than 500 jobs to be lost when Charles City chicken plant closes in August

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Mason City Globe Gazette: More than 500 people will lose their jobs when the Simply Essentials chicken processing plant in Charles City closes on Aug. 5. Four hundred seventy-nine plant workers, 22 administrators and 12 field operations workers will be affected, according to a letter sent to all Simply Essentials LLC employees on Thursday. The layoffs/terminations are expected to be permanent, the letter states.