When Tyson Foods announced in August that it was closing its 1,500-worker chicken plant in Noel, Missouri, residents knew the rural town would be hit hard.
Tyson didn't immediately comment on its compensation of former Noel employees.
said Corina Chinchilla, 32, who worked for 13 years at the Noel plant, ultimately becoming a production supervisor for packaging chicken breasts and tenders.
Other Tyson workers, like Ryan Coulter, 27, declined to move.
State and federal officials, wary of economic fallout in the region, have pressed Tyson to sell some of the sites it's vacating.
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