Company fires 2,700 workers while they were sleeping days before Thanksgiving

Workers at Mississippi-based furniture company received text saying they were terminated right before midnight on 21 November

A Mississippi-based furniture company abruptly fired nearly 2,700 workers in the US just days before Thanksgiving, according to multiple reports.

Right before midnight on 21 November, thousands of workers - many of whom were asleep - received a text message from United Furniture Industries (UFI) saying that they were terminated effectively and were no longer allowed to return to work.