‘Treated Worse than Cattle’: 2,500 Tyson Workers Laid Off, Plant Shutters Overnight

Ouano Tante worked the afternoon shift at the Tyson beef plant in Joslin, Illinois, for five years. But when she and hundreds of her co-workers arrived at work on August 14, they found the plant closed. They speculated that someone on the morning shift might have gotten injured. Then two mid-level…