“I can’t believe it is happening,” said Mike Smith, union steward for UFC Local 1546 and a 27-year employee at the plant on Aucutt Road that once produced 600 million bars of soap annually.

Dial Corp., maker of Dial soaps, Purex laundry detergents and Renuzit air fresheners, put itself up for sale Friday. Analysts said the Scottsdale-based company, which also makes Armour canned meats… ...