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National Tyson responds after strike avoided at Texas beef processing plant According to the release, the new contract includes a 32% wage increase, more paid time off, and better retirement benefits.
By Denny Jacob Teamsters Local 577 members at Tyson Foods of Amarillo, Texas, voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year collective bargaining agreement.
"Local 577 members at Tyson Foods of Amarillo, the largest beef processing plant in the United States, have voted by a 98 percent margin to authorize a strike," the union said.
AMARILLO, Texas — A Teamsters chapter representing thousands of workers at a Tyson plant in Texas said Friday that a strike has been authorized over the company's labor practices and the CEO's pay.
Workers at Tyson Foods Inc.’s beef plant in Amarillo, Texas, have agreed to a strike as they fight for higher wages and accuse the company of unfair labor practices.
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Workers at Tyson Foods’ Amarillo beef processing plant — the largest such facility in the United States, according to a union — have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike as contract ...
Union workers at a Tyson Foods beef processing plant in Amarillo, Texas, voted Friday to authorize a strike.