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All Pepsi employees, including 55-year-old Daryl Smith, were informed of the closure at about 5:45 a.m. ET around the same time that Teamsters Local 727 received written notice from Pepsi attorneys.

Employees at Chicago Pepsi plant shocked to find facility closed on Monday 01:51 Smith said he saw his co-workers cry after hearing the news. "They told us the plant is not doing good," he said.

Pepsi shuttered its South Side plant without notice Monday morning and laid off at least 79 employees. Workers showed up at the plant as usual early Monday only to learn they had been let go and ...

Pepsi agreed to continue paying and providing benefits through the end of December. In a statement, the company said, "The decision to no longer operate at 51st Street is a difficult one.