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 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.

Company vows to investigate claims and will continue to improve conditions at the plant.

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

Limited production at the pork processing facility will resume Thursday, two weeks after hundreds of employees tested positive for COVID-19.

Under the program, 116,000 Tyson workers are eligible to receive two payments.