The Tyson Foods facility in Lexington, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
LEXINGTON — Tyson Foods announced that it would extend employment for around 300 workers at the Lexington plant following the facility’s closure earlier this week.
Tyson announced in a press release that around 300 workers would remain to perform closure related duties. Following, they will be let go on a staggered timeline.
The employment of 292 workers were extended for varying amounts of time, 59 workers for three days, 93 workers for 10 days, three for 30 days, 11 for 39 days, one for 132 days and around 127 for 185 days.
The last group would relived of their duties around July 24.
Tyson in Lexington employed nearly 3,200 people and could slaughter around 5,000 cattle per day. It is one of 11 beef segment facilities in the company and one of the largest.
In 1988, Iowa Beef Products (IBP) announced it would purchase the plant and convert it to a meatpacking facility that would employ around 1,300 workers at the time. IBP would be acquired by Tyson Foods in 2001.
