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Tyson workers at the Van Buren facility protested for equal rights after the plant was announced to close
By: Kaitlin Garza FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – Tyson Foods announced last month it would be closing down its Van Buren chicken processing plant officially on May 12, 2023. This closure will cause the loss of over nine hundred jobs, which a majority of belong to members of the city’s Hispanic immigrant community. After the decision…