Workers at the Tyson Fresh Meats plant at Wallula, Wash. threw out the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1439 after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) counted votes last week.
In the election held Nov. 18, 686 production and maintenance workers voted to decertify the union and 129 voted to retain it, according to the NLRB. After a seven-day waiting period, plant employees will negotiate their own employment terms.