Fruit of the Loom to Shift Clothing Operations to Honduras

Fruit of the Loom, a clothing manufacturing company with its headquarters in the U.S. state of Kentucky, is shifting its operations to Honduras.

The company will close its current manufacturing at its Jamestown plant in stages from June 8, 2014 onwards and all operations are expected to be shut by the end of the year, resulting in a layoff of around 600 workers currently employed at the plant.

All affected employees would be given a 60-day notice, as required under the Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), the company said.