Thousands of Cattle Impacted by Tyson’s Illinois Closure

Tyson workers protest outside Joslin plant, ask for state intervention

Hundreds of Tyson Foods workers attended Friday's protest outside the beef processing plant in Joslin, Illinois. Over 2,500 lost their jobs last week when the plant announced its closure.

Editorial: Can Quad Cities recover from the beefy body blow of losing Tyson Foods?

Quad Cities wasn't doing well economically before Tyson Foods threw more than 2,500 suddenly out of work at its Joslin beef processing plant. A robust state response must come.

Editorial: Can Quad Cities recover from the beefy body blow of losing Tyson Foods? – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo

"Arkansas-based Tyson Foods late last week announced plans to close its sprawling beef processing plant in Joslin, Illinois, just northeast of the Quad Cities. The company gave its mostly unionized workforce of more than 2,500 next to no notice, although it said it would pay them for the 60 days that Illinois requires at minimum in mass layoffs. The facility has been a major employer in the area for more than 40 years. ... There's a temptation i…

Over 2,500 Tyson Foods workers have been abruptly fired after the company shut down a beef plant

Tyson is axing thousands of workers and blaming historic cattle shortages and rising beef costs. But Tyson and the three other megacorporations that dominate America’s meat production have been accused of colluding to raise beef prices.

Thousands of cattle impacted by Tyson’s Illinois closure

The executive vice president of the Illinois Beef Association says work continues to assist producers impacted by the abrupt closure of the Tyson beef processing facility in Joslin, Illinois. Josh St. Peters says thousands of head of cattle that were committed to the western Illinois plant have been left without a final destination. “We did […] The post Thousands of cattle impacted by Tyson’s Illinois closure appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.