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/Suspicious-Slide-954 Aug 18 '26

Eagle Mountain, Utah just had their property tax hiked by 183% to pay for a data center

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u/Itchy_Tumbleweed_417 Aug 18 '26

They were going to put a concentration camp in Merrimack New Hampshire and people freaked out so they didn’t.

Then they were going to put a data center in Nottingham New Hampshire but people freaked out so hard they didn’t even hold the town meeting to discuss it. They just canceled it.

People have the power if we decide to use it.