Tyson Foods Extends Employment to Workers at Lexington Plant Days After Closing

Brutal Tyson Foods restructuring leaves nearly 5,000 jobless in Lexington, Nebraska and Amarillo, Texas

Meatpacker Tyson has shut its Lexington beef plant eliminating 3,212 jobs and laid off another 1,761 in Amarillo, reducing the plant to one-shift.

Tyson Foods extends employment to workers at Lexington plant days after closing

Officials said their position will be terminated on a staggered timeline.

Tyson retaining some workers to complete shutdown of Lexington plant

Just under 300 workers remained on the job this week at Tyson's Lexington meatpacking plant for post-closure shutdown work, though the first 59 of them were scheduled to depart Friday.