‘We will walk with you’: Omaha advocates urge support for Lexington workers as plant closes

Latino leaders ask Omahans to help Lexington families displaced by Tyson plant closure

Omaha’s Latino leaders urged Omahans and others to donate to the Lexington Community Relief Fund to help the 3,212 employees who will be displaced by the Tyson plant’s closure next month.

‘We will walk with you’: Omaha advocates urge support for Lexington workers as plant closes

OMAHA — A group of community leaders from Nebraska’s largest urban area met Tuesday to voice support and seek donations to help with pressing needs of thousands of rural “brothers and sisters” losing jobs as Tyson Foods’ meatpacking plant closes…

UNL study examines effects of Tyson closing on cattle producers

When the Tyson beef packing plant in Lexington closes on Jan. 20, plant employees and their families will be the first and the most profoundly affected, but running a close second will be the beef producers who, for years, have…

Public press conference to garner support for Lexington Tyson Foods employees and families

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Omahans urged to help support Lexington Tyson Foods workers

Omaha community members are urging residents of the state’s largest city to help support the more than 3,000 Tyson Foods workers who will lose their jobs when the company’s Lexington plant closes next month. Nonprofit leaders said if those employees move away from Nebraska, it will be a detriment to more than just Lexington. Although the Tyson closure is not in his region, Douglas County Commissioner Roger Garcia said if all those people have to…