Tyson Plant Closed in Boise
Associated Press
By
Kim Bartlett
Story Created:
Aug 17, 2006 at 8:38 PM MST
Story Updated:
Mar 27, 2008 at 3:05 PM MST
Tyson Foods Incorporated says it will permanently close its beef slaughter plant in Boise, Idaho, and scale back meat processing operations at its Pasco, Washington, complex.
A subsidiary of the Arkansas-based company, Tyson Fresh Meats, says the moves will take effect October 16th.
The Pasco plant, which operates one shift of beef slaughter and two shifts of beef processing, will no longer receive beef carcasses from Boise and will operate just one processing shift.
All 270 jobs at the Boise plant and approximately 500 positions at Pasco will be eliminated. Pasco will have a reduced workforce of about 12-hundred.
The company says the changes are part of a plan to “operate its fresh meats business more efficiently.”
Tyson, the world's largest meat processor, says it will continue buying cattle in the Boise region for slaughter at Pasco.
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