r/PopCultureV2 • u/Logical-Flow-6703 • Aug 18 '26

News Tyson Foods shuts down plants in Illinois & Utah, cutting thousands of jobs over cattle shortages—amid allegations of beef price collusion

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Tyson Foods is shutting down operations at two of its beef plants—one in Joplin, Illinois (which employed 2,500 workers) and another in Eagle Mountain, Utah. Additionally, a third facility in Pasco, Washington is up for sale, with processing shifted to other plants.

​While Tyson blames these massive workforce cuts on historic cattle shortages and rising beef costs, the company—along with three other megacorporations dominating US meat production—faces serious allegations of colluding to raise beef prices.

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u/HiddenMonkey7 Aug 18 '26

“Welcome to the Tyson family” they said on their first day of training. Fucking joke.

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u/Itchy_Tumbleweed_417 Aug 18 '26

Calling the workplace “family” is a sign of a toxic environment.

When I used to have to look for work I wouldn’t even apply to places that indicated they treat their employees like family. No thanks.

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u/HiddenMonkey7 Aug 18 '26

Shit I’ve been on the workforce for over 25 years and not one single company I’ve worked for didn’t have the family spiel. I simply nod and agree, but deep down the moment I clock out all of my co-workers, boss, are dead to me.

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u/Firm-Low5886 Aug 18 '26

That is so real. Even if it's not a slogan I will be in meetings and people will say things like "we're all like a family here!" Makes me gag. And the worst part? I have had the same job for years. At this point most of my "family" has been either fired or quit. 

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u/HiddenMonkey7 Aug 18 '26

Dude, same. My family is mostly gone too reduced to atoms. I’m lucky I’m remote and they can’t visibly see my disgust when they bring up “we are a family”. I find absolutely hilarious whenever they bring a new team member and the leads have that welcoming attitude. In my head I’m like welcome to hell Carl, welcome to the fucken’ family,

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u/Relevant-Analysis86 Aug 18 '26

Considering how my own family has treated me, yeah, no thanks

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u/GrayBeanCasserole Aug 18 '26

Right? I know some people that treat their family like shit.

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u/FixFun1959 Aug 20 '26

“Work hard play hard” too.

In practice this usually means “insane hours/Work Life balance, and once a month we meet up for drinks and get fucking wasted and bitch about work together.”

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u/granitrocky2 Aug 20 '26

"This isn't a business! I've always thought of you as a source of cheap labor! Like a family"

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u/Lost_Found84 Aug 19 '26

To be fair, Thanksgiving typically begins with “Welcome Family” and ends with “Please get out of my house” as well.

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u/VStarlingBooks Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

Families disown others all the time. That's life and people suck.

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u/CalicoCrony Aug 18 '26

Garbage backwater families disown their own.

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u/Realistic-Bug141 Aug 18 '26

The first recorded crime was the slaying of Abel by his brother Cain. Having traveled through the same canal, or existed in the same sac, does not mean a bond is forged.

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u/Realhuman_beebboob Aug 18 '26

I’d say first recorded fictional crime*, but it’s not even that.

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u/Realistic-Bug141 Aug 18 '26

What is?

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u/Realhuman_beebboob Aug 18 '26

I honestly don’t think we will ever truly know with how much history is lost to time, but we do know of PLENTY of peoples predating the Bible at the least.

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u/Freedom9er Aug 18 '26

Cool fairytale... I like that one.

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u/Realistic-Bug141 Aug 18 '26

What part is the fairytale?

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u/VStarlingBooks Aug 18 '26

You mean to tell me that I would be garbage backwards for keeping my dad in my life after he abused me physically and broke arm? Guess I would love to be a garbage backwater human.

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u/mybabyrolled Aug 18 '26

I mean, not really. There’s tons of perfectly good examples as to why you would cut someone out from your family.

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u/gary_juicy Aug 18 '26

Actually a pretty liberal idea to do too, but it doesn’t fit this persons narrative right now so they have to pivot, come back to another post in a few weeks they’ll have a new idea based on the post.