ANNISTON, Ala.—Chemical weapons incinerator workers in Anniston are finding new jobs in other areas as the facility continues to close down.
The Anniston Star ( ) reports that hundreds of workers at the Anniston Chemical Activity and the Anniston Army Depot are being laid off, or their positions ended through attrition, as the incinerator shuts down.
Army spokesman Mike Abrams says workers lost in the last few months, about 15 took jobs outside of Anniston; four of those went to the incinerator’s sister site in Kentucky. Abrams says seven workers took jobs at the depot not involving chemical weapons and 20 retired.
Abrams noted that the rest of the ANCA jobs would disappear around July next year, meaning more people will likely be either out of work, retired, or working jobs outside the county.
