More employees and new buildings planned for Springdale.
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Arkansas expat’s commentary on Springdale as a Tyson company town sure to ruffle feathers
Journalist Olivia Paschal lauds the educational opportunities and quality-of-life improvements blooming from Walmart’s and Tyson’s roots in Northwest Arkansas, but notes there are shadowy downsides, too.
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Tyson Foods asks Supreme Court to save them from liability for workers’ COVID deaths
Tyson Foods wants to keep the profifs but not the liability for sick workers for running full blast during the pandemic.
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Report: Tyson Foods tells employees it will cover abortion travel costs
A major Arkansas employer reportedly has told employees it will help them continue to have access to abortion.
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Report: Meat processors, led by Tyson Foods, hyped ‘shortage’ during worst of pandemic to keep plants open
Government report says the supply chain was not in danger, but meat packers got pandemic favors from the government to keep operating, despite risks to workers.
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Tyson joins with immigrant defense group to help immigrant workers
Tyson agrees to help pay legal works for immigrants seeking legal status.
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Biden targets major meat packers like Tyson in effort to combat price rises
A federal plan to reduce food prices includes targeting the practices of the major meat packers, including Tyson Foods.
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Tyson, other major meat packers get rich off pandemic. Guess who pays?
Meat prices are rising. Major producers have hit the jackpot. Small farmers and consumers? Not so much.
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Tyson Foods to donate 14,000 pounds of poultry in Little Rock on Friday
Tyson Foods is donating approximately 14,000 pounds of poultry products to the community, which will be distributed this Friday by volunteers with the Arkansas Martin Luther King Commission located at 906 Broadway Street.
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Guardian investigation pinpoints Tyson for its wages, worker conditions and environmental hazards
An investigation from the Guardian and the Union of Concerned Scientists today dives into the sweeping impacts of Tyson on the farmers in its community, the workers in its plants and the neighbors in its Northwest Arkansas base.