Tyson Foods

A Waterloo area school is closing down, but it could be getting a second life thanks to a few key players.

The company employs around 11,000 people at six plants in Iowa, including nearly 2,800 at its pork processing facility in Waterloo.

The company has around 11,000 workers at plants in Waterloo, Independence and four other Iowa cities.

The deal will impact nearly 300 employees.

Tyson's to provide shots to 13,000 Iowa employees

Company to pay team members for time taken to be vaccinated off-site or outside of normal shift.

Company officials announced the terminations Wednesday, nearly one month after the supervisors were suspended from their jobs without pay.

An amended lawsuit filed against the company in April alleges plant managers took bets on many workers would get COVID-19.

The company announced the temporary closing after revealing 555 of the plant's workers have tested positive for the virus.

Two weeks after being closed following an outbreak of COVID-19, the Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Waterloo is set to reopen.