Tyson Foods pork plant in Iowa to close for good
Tyson Foods announced Monday that it will stop operating its pork plant in Perry, Iowa. The site reportedly has a workforce of more than 1,200 people.
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Tyson Foods announced Monday that it will stop operating its pork plant in Perry, Iowa. The site reportedly has a workforce of more than 1,200 people.
US-based pork giant Tyson Foods said it will permanently close a pork plant in Perry, Iowa in a move affecting 1200 employees.
Tyson Foods will permanently close a pork plant in Perry, Iowa, the meatpacker said on Monday, eliminating jobs for about 1,200 workers.... -March 11, 2024 at 05:04 pm EDT - MarketScreener
The facility employs nearly 1,300 in a town of 8,000 people. “How the town is going to recover, I don’t know," the mayor said.
Tyson Foods will permanently close a pork plant in Perry, Iowa, the meatpacker said on Monday, eliminating jobs for about 1,200 workers. Tyson has announced the closures of six U.S. chicken plants in about the past year and also laid off corporate employees. The pork plant employed about 1,200 people in Perry, which has about 8,200 residents and is located near the state capital Des Moines, Mayor Dirk Cavanaugh said.