Tyson Foods to Require COVID-19 Vaccinations for its U.S. Workforce
August 03 2021 - 8:00AM
To protect team members, their families and their communities,
Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN), is requiring its team members at U.S.
office locations to be fully vaccinated by October 1, 2021. All
other team members are required to be fully vaccinated by November
1, 2021, subject to ongoing discussions with locations represented
by unions.
This action makes Tyson Foods the largest U.S. food company to
require COVID-19 vaccinations for its entire workforce. Almost half
of Tyson Foods’ U.S. workforce has been vaccinated and coronavirus
infection rates among team members remain low.
“Getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is the single most
effective thing we can do to protect our team members, their
families and their communities,” said Dr. Claudia Coplein, Chief
Medical Officer, Tyson Foods. “With rapidly rising COVID-19 case
counts of contagious, dangerous variants leading to increasing
rates of severe illness and hospitalization among the U.S.
unvaccinated population, this is the right time to take the next
step to ensure a fully vaccinated workforce.”
A memo to Tyson Foods team members from President & CEO
Donnie King can be found here [link].
Since February, Tyson Foods has hosted more than 100 vaccination
events for team members across the country and more than 56,000
U.S. team members have been vaccinated so far. Additional onsite
vaccination events will be scheduled, and the company will continue
to collaborate with local health departments and healthcare
providers to make the vaccine more accessible.
To support efforts to fully vaccinate all team members, the
company will also provide $200 to its frontline team members,
subject to ongoing discussions with locations represented by
unions. This is an expansion of the company’s existing policy of
compensating workers for up to four hours of regular pay if they
are vaccinated outside of their normal shift or through an external
source.
Exceptions to the vaccination mandate will involve workers who
seek medical or religious accommodation.
“Tyson Foods and Matrix Medical have worked together since the
beginning of this pandemic to develop and implement strategies to
mitigate the risk of the virus to Tyson employees and their
families, as well as the communities where they live and work,”
said Matrix Chief Medical Officer and Group President, Daniel
Castillo, M.D., M.B.A. “Matrix clinicians and Tyson team members
have worked hand-in-hand to implement a broad array of workplace
safety measures at Tyson, and we now feel the rising number of new
cases across the U.S. warrants advanced clinical strategies –
including requiring vaccinations.”
To date, Tyson Foods has spent more than $700 million related to
COVID-19, including on efforts to combat its spread, such as buying
masks, face shields and temperature scanners, installing protective
barriers and providing on-site testing and vaccinations. It also
partnered with an independent medical provider to bring medical
services on site, hired an additional 200 nurses and its first
Chief Medical Officer. In addition, Tyson Foods has invested
countless hours educating our team members, in dozens of languages,
about the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination.
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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