AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — Employees at Tyson Foods are reportedly voting on whether they will strike if negotiations with Tyson Foods fall through.
The negotiations, as well as that vote, were reported to be ongoing. A Teamster member spoke with myhighplains.com, stating that two-thirds of employees at the plant have no retirement, no pension, and no 401K.
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Officials said they are fighting for retirement benefits and health insurance, among other demands.
“Workers who make Tyson billions of dollars every year are saddled with low wages; in fact, many of them rely on food banks to feed their families. They have inadequate health insurance and they virtually have no pension,” said Jesse Case, Teamsters Local 238 Director of Food Processing Division…