The struggle for rights and respect goes on in Emporia and the other communities where the Center is working in Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri.  At a meeting at the United Methodist Church in Emporia on March 14, more than 200 people said they felt that it was important to meet two goals: 

1) Continue organizing the workers who will stay at the plant and help with local needs. 

2) Expand our campaign to inform the greater public about Tyson’s disrespectful and inhuman treatment of the families who have made Tyson Foods the biggest meat processor on earth.

It has become a campaign to achieve economic help from Tyson, but whether Tyson gives in or not, workers feel that it is important to continue what is now seen as a struggle for dignity and respect.

Your support and prayers will mean so much to the workers in the Midwest who are organizing to win more rights, resources, and respect.  To learn more about how you can help the displaced workers please contact Leone Bicchieri at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

In the above photo Displaced Tyson Workers Fighting for Justice pay a visit to Tyson Foods headquarters in early March of 2008. Maria Perez (President of Displaced Tyson Workers) speaks to a television reporter about Tyson's 60-day notice of a massive lay-off was unjust treatment of workers who gave 10, 20, and 30+ years of their lives to the Emporia beef plant.