Four La. plants announce mass employee layoffs

BATON ROUGE- Four Louisiana plants have announced anticipated mass layoffs within their facilities.The Hexion Inc. facility in Norco, La., two Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas divisions in New Orleans, the Offshore Specialty Fabricators facility in Houma, and the Martin Mills distribution center in Vidalia all issued Worker Adjustment and Retaining Notifications (WARNs).On Apr. 28, Hexion, Inc. issued a WARN announcing the closure of its facility in Norco, resulting in 97 employees losing their jo