5News: “A protest at the Van Buren Tyson Plant began on Monday morning, reportedly bringing attention to employee inequities related to the plant’s closing.
The protest is in response to the unfair compensation following the upcoming shutdown of the plant and workers being laid off, according to an organization supporting the strike.
5NEWS has reached out to Tyson for a response to the protest and will update this article as more information becomes available.
Tyson workers are demanding:
- Equal treatment compared to supervisors and corporate employees
- Full payout of unused vacation time at the end of employment
- Full accountability for workers’ compensation claims
- Fair working conditions
According to the organization advocating for the Tyson workers, company supervisors are receiving a severance package but workers on the floor won’t and Tyson is also reportedly refusing payout of unused vacation time and not allowing workers to take any vacation days before the closure.”