DOL awards $1.6M to support laid-off Tyson workers

The Department of Labor (DOL) awarded $1,671,239 to the Nebraska Department of Labor to support individuals affected by the January closure of the Lexington, NE, Tyson Foods beef processing plant.

On Jan. 20, Tyson closed its plant and laid off 3,200 workers, about one-third of the town’s residents.

“This National Dislocated Worker Grant will allow the Nebraska Department of Labor to provide training and skills development services for dislocated workers seeking assistance in Buffalo, Custer, Dawson, Frontier, Gosper, Lincoln, and Phelps counties,” DOL said.