Tyson Foods Plans 19 Employee Vaccination Events Across Arkansas
March 15 2021 - 03:02PM
Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) is expanding its free, onsite
COVID-19 vaccinations to all team members in the state of Arkansas,
where 20 percent of the company’s U.S. workforce is based. March 15
through April 2, the company will hold 19 vaccination events to
ensure the company’s 24,000 Arkansas employees have convenient
access to the vaccine.
The vaccines are being provided in conjunction with Matrix
Medical, local health departments and other healthcare providers
where food processing workers are among the priority groups now
eligible for vaccination.
“We’re pleased to offer our team members convenient access to
the vaccine and are committed to a long-term strategy that ensures
any team member who wants a vaccine will receive one,” said Tom
Brower, senior vice president of Health and Safety for Tyson Foods.
“We’re focused on educating and encouraging our team members to be
vaccinated and will continue to leverage both onsite events and our
relationships with local health departments to make the vaccine
easily accessible.”
Additional vaccination events are planned this week for Tyson
team members in San Lorenzo, California, Rochelle, Illinois, Noel,
Missouri and Enid, Oklahoma.
Over the past two weeks, 15,000 of the company’s U.S. employees
have been vaccinated at 30 onsite events across the country. This
includes more than 1,200 team members who were vaccinated March 9
and 10 at Tyson facilities in Fayetteville and Springdale,
Arkansas. Photos, b-roll and team member interviews from the
Fayetteville event are available for download.
In preparation for vaccinations, Tyson Foods has been providing
expert resources and education about the vaccine to team members.
This information is available in multiple languages and team
members also have access to a hotline to ask questions. In addition
to offering free, on-site vaccinations, the company also recently
announced that it is compensating workers for up to four hours of
regular pay if they are vaccinated outside of their normal shift or
through an external source.
Tyson Foods’ vaccination efforts are the latest in a series of
measures the company has taken to fight COVID-19. Since the spring
of 2020, the company invested hundreds of millions of dollars to
transform its U.S. facilities with protective measures, from
walk-through temperature scanners and workstation dividers to
social distance monitors and always-on testing, as well as provide
additional team member pay and benefits. Tyson Foods has also
expanded its health services staff, added a chief medical officer
and plans to pilot health clinics for team members and their
families early this year.
Tyson Foods continues to experience success in its efforts to
protect workers from the virus. The incidence of the virus
involving the company’s U.S. team members remains very low.
About Tyson FoodsTyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN)
is one of the world’s largest food companies and a recognized
leader in protein. Founded in 1935 by John W. Tyson and grown under
three generations of family leadership, the company has a broad
portfolio of products and brands like Tyson®, Jimmy Dean®,
Hillshire Farm®, Ball Park®, Wright®, Aidells®,
ibp®, and State Fair®. Tyson Foods innovates continually
to make protein more sustainable, tailor food for everywhere it’s
available and raise the world’s expectations for how much good food
can do. Headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas, the company has
139,000 team members. Through its Core Values, Tyson Foods strives
to operate with integrity, create value for its shareholders,
customers, communities and team members and serve as a steward of
the animals, land and environment entrusted to it.
Visit TYSONFOODS.COM to learn more.
Contact: Derek Burleson, 479-290-6466
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