11:30 AM EDT, 06/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tyson Foods ( TSN ) union workers at a beef processing plant in Amarillo, Texas, voted to authorize a strike for higher wages and improved benefits.

"This facility is essential to the beef supply chain," Al Brito, Teamsters Local 577 president, said Friday in a statement.

The union has filed a number of unfair labor practice charges against Tyson for allegedly violating labor law, according to the statement. Union members voted by a 98% margin to authorize a strike.

"We're ready to strike this company if they don't give us the deal we deserve," Keisha Carey, a member of the Tyson Teamsters Negotiating Committee, said in the statement.

Tyson Foods ( TSN ) didn't immediately respond a request for comment from MT Newswires.

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