Shirley Leung: Brooks Brothers Bankruptcy Affects Massachusetts Workers

Hannah Uebele is a producer for Under the Radar with Callie Crossley and previously worked as associate producer for Boston Public Radio. She graduated from Tufts University with a B.S. in English and Environmental Studies. She's a proud Delawarean but has found herself saying "wicked" more and more often, so the Bostonian metamorphosis is well underway.Contact: hannah_uebele@wgbh.org

July 27, 2020

Updated August 07, 2023

A Brooks Brothers clothing factory in Haverill, Mass., will lay off 400 employees, Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung told Boston Public Radio on Monday, due to the company filing for bankruptcy earlier this month. "Brooks Brothers announced earlier they're going to close all U.S. factories, including the one in Haverill," Leung said. "The issue is that those workers will not be paid any severance, whereas other factory workers in other markets will be paid severance, but just not these 400 employees at the factory."