New Era Workers Worry About The Future

The company that makes caps for Major League Baseball is shutting down two of its Alabama plants.
Its closing its Jackson, Alabama plant where 322 people work.
The company is also closing its distribution center in Mobile.
That means 70 more people will lose their jobs.
Carolyn Love had already been laid off from the Mobile plant in September.
She said word of the closing "wasn't a shock, because it got to the place where they stopped bringing caps in, and we knew then we were in trouble."
Love had hoped to be called back to work next year, but she said, "Now, that's not going to happen."
And she said she wonders what kind of Christmas its going to be for her three year old daughter and four grandchildren she's taking care of.
Love said, "I've been sitting up trying to plan on how I'm going to buy their little toys or whatever. Like I say, it's a big difference now."
Melody Hughes worked at the Jackson plant.
She's thinking about the holidays, too.
Hughes said, "I still have a child at home and have a daughter in college, and its just a lot."
Cherisha Mobley has been at the Jackson plant for seven years.
Mobley said, "(For) a lot of people, this is all they got. They're depending on this, and its going to hurt."
Betty Brandenburg had been laid off from the Vanity Fair plant in Jackson.
Now, its happening again.
Brandenburg said, "I've been at it almost fifty years, so, maybe I can start being a wife."
The Mobile plant is not scheduled to close until May or June of next year, but the plant in Jackson is scheduled to be shut down by late January or early February.