Tyson Foods , which is seeking to cut costs, will lay off 228 corporate employees in Illinois who declined to relocate to the meatpacker's Arkansas headquarters, the company confirmed on Tuesday.
The 228 being laid off are those remaining with the company until the Chicago and Downers Grove offices close, Tyson said.Including layoffs at
in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, Tyson will eliminate about 490 corporate employees who opted not to relocate, out of roughly 1,000 workers. Tyson has said moving employees to its Springdale, Arkansas, headquarters will benefit collaboration and decision making. The company separately closed two U.S. chicken plants with almost 1,700 workers this year and said in April it wouldAs of Oct. 1, Tyson had about 124,000 U.S. employees, including 118,000 working in non-corporate sites like production plants, according to regulatory filings.
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