Tyson Foods to cut 560 jobs, including some in Oklahoma

<br>(Springdale, Arkansas-AP) -- Tyson Foods says it plans to eliminate 560 jobs nationwide and the cuts could affect jobs at two Oklahoma plants. <br><br>Arkansas-based Tyson has about 600 employees at

Tuesday, December 3rd 2002, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

(Springdale, Arkansas-AP) -- Tyson Foods says it plans to eliminate 560 jobs nationwide and the cuts could affect jobs at two Oklahoma plants.

Arkansas-based Tyson has about 600 employees at a chicken processing plant in Stilwell and about 12-hundred employees at a de-boning plant in Broken Bow.

Tyson spokesman Ed Nicholson says all of the company's operations are being considered for job cuts, but no specific plants or positions are targeted. He says Tyson will try to cut already vacant positions and move workers to other jobs.

Nicholson says the cuts are due in part to the large work force that resulted from last year's acquisition of beef and pork producer IBP Incorporated.