Mark Martinez, former U.S. marshal for Nebraska and community advocate, speaks at a news conference seeking support for Lexington workers losing jobs when a Tyson Foods plant closes in January. Left to right, Albert Varas of the Latino Center of the Midlands; Roger Garcia, Douglas County Board chair; Beth Roberts of the Lexington Community Foundation; Lina Translaviña Stover of the Heartland Workers Center. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)
OMAHA — A group of community leaders from Nebraska’s largest urban area met Tuesday to voice support and seek donations to help with pressing needs of thousands of rural “brothers and sisters” losing jobs as Tyson Foods’ meatpacking plant closes in Lexington.
“We will not be forgetting nor letting our brothers and sisters in a smaller community in Nebraska go through this alone,” said Douglas County Board chair Roger Garcia…