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Cairycat

(1,697 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 08:03 PM Apr 2020

Officials ask Tyson in Waterloo to close; plant staying open for now

https://kwwl.com/2020/04/17/black-hawk-county-elected-officials-ask-waterloo-tyson-foods-to-voluntarily-cease-operations/

WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) -- Black Hawk County elected officials are asking the Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo to "voluntarily cease operations on a temporary basis."

A letter was sent to Tyson yesterday afternoon, and Schwarz said they acknowledged they received it. Friday, before the letter was announced to the public, Tyson officials told a KWWL reporter that the plant would remain open as of now.

Governor Reynolds announced today that the state of Iowa is sending 2,700 tests to the Tyson Plant in Waterloo. They are working on testing all workers at the Tyson Foods plants in Columbus Junction and Waterloo, as well as contact tracing.


The text of the letter is in the article. It was signed by some members of the County Board of Supervisors, some members of the Waterloo City Council, mayors of towns in the county and members of our statehouse delagation.
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Officials ask Tyson in Waterloo to close; plant staying open for now (Original Post) Cairycat Apr 2020 OP
Wonder if the county health department can shut them down? rurallib Apr 2020 #1
Another really good article re:Tyson and Waterloo Cairycat Apr 2020 #2

rurallib

(62,346 posts)
1. Wonder if the county health department can shut them down?
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 08:19 PM
Apr 2020

they seem to be as bad of a corporate citizen as their reputation had it.

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