2 months after school shooting, Iowa town is losing its largest employer as pork plant closes
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Tyson Foods will close a pork plant in Iowa that employs 1,200 people and eliminating the largest employer in Perry, where there was a school shooting in January.
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Tyson Foods will close a pork plant in Iowa that employs 1,200 people and eliminating the largest employer in Perry, where there was a school shooting in January.
The largest employer in Perry — a Tyson Foods pork processing facility — is set to close permanently in June. A Tyson spokesperson on Monday confirmed the pending closure but declined to say when it would happen. Perry Mayor Dirk Cavanaugh said the company told him the plant would close June 28.
Tyson Foods will continue streamlining its operations by closing the pork plant in Iowa that employs 1,200 people and eliminating the largest employer in the town of Perry.
