When a small town's biggest employer closes...

[samhexum]

sad...

 

An American Dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska town when 3,200 workers lose their jobs

APPLE.NEWS

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Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000. Nearly a third of the...

 

[BigK]

Yes, it’s very sad.  Hopefully that processing plant can be repurposed into another use.  A large employer would have these security in knowing that there would be a large workforce available to them.

[+ PhileasFogg]

Tyson is not closing the plant.

We ALL are closing the plant as our preferences and purchases change 

[+ PhileasFogg]

19 hours ago, BigK said:

Yes, it’s very sad.  Hopefully that processing plant can be repurposed into another use.  A large employer would have these security in knowing that there would be a large workforce available to them.

Unfortunately, the capital investment to build a facility (or to retrofit the Tyson facility) will take years to complete…by then the workforce is gone and the morale of the town broken 

[+ Pensant]

There’s good capitalism and then there’s rapacious capitalism.

[+ PhileasFogg]

4 hours ago, Pensant said:

There’s good capitalism and then there’s rapacious capitalism.

That's going to me my "word of the day"   My daughter bought cookies for santa claus, but grandpa may be rapacious and consume them before Santa arrives 😄

[Luv2play]

On 12/23/2025 at 11:44 AM, BigK said:

Yes, it’s very sad.  Hopefully that processing plant can be repurposed into another use.  A large employer would have these security in knowing that there would be a large workforce available to them.

It’s more complicated than that. The article indicates most workers have no other experience than working in a meat plant. And low educational attainments.

The town didn’t do itself any favours by not requiring Tyson’s to pay municipal taxes since it arrived in town. The local infrastructure or lack thereof would hardly attract any new employer.