The union that represents more than 75 members at the plant said the warehouse has more than 200 employees. Many of them were not aware the facility was shutting down until they c

PepsiCo’s sudden closure of a 60-year-old bottling plant in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood has left over 100 workers facing unexpected layoffs.

Nearly 80 Chicago workers are out of a job after a South Side Pepsi facility abruptly closed on Monday morning. The move, which the union said violates federal law, means at least 79 workers at the facility will lose their jobs.

PepsiCo was hit with a federal lawsuit after abruptly shutting down a facility in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood last week.

PepsiCo has been targeted in a new federal lawsuit one week after the abrupt closure of its Back of the Yards warehouse, which left nearly 80 employees out of a job.