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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums91% of Tyson Foods employees vaccinated against COVID two months after mandate announcement
This is good news for the hard-working employees of this mega-business. It's a win for the employees, the union, and the company..
About 50,000 more Tyson Foods employees have received at least one shot of coronavirus vaccine since the company announced an inoculation mandate two months ago, bringing the company's total vaccination rate to 91%, a Tyson spokesperson says.
Derek Burleson said in an email to the Des Moines Register on Thursday that the company's vaccination rate is up from less than 50% when Tyson announced the mandate. Union officials told the Register that the vaccination rate at Iowa plants they represent is in line with the company's national rate.
With 120,000 U.S. employees, including 11,000 in Iowa, Tyson was the first national company to require its blue-collar workforce to receive the shots, announcing the mandate Aug. 3. The company's office employees must be fully vaccinated by Friday, while the deadline for production workers is Nov. 1.
Mark Lauritsen, vice president of the United Food & Commercial Workers International, which represents workers at Tyson's Perry and Waterloo pork plants, said he was pleasantly surprised by how few members threatened to quit over the requirement.
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Lauritsen said benefits the union negotiated with Tyson in connection with the mandate helped persuade workers to get vaccinated. The company offers $200 bonuses to vaccinated employees, and on Sept. 3 executives announced that employees will receive two weeks of paid time off if they contract the virus despite receiving the shots. The company also gives workers four hours of paid time off to get the vaccine.
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https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2021/09/30/tyson-foods-covid-19-vaccination-rate-hits-91-percent-mandate/5933163001/
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91% of Tyson Foods employees vaccinated against COVID two months after mandate announcement (Original Post)
SharonClark
Oct 2021
OP
No all bad Horrible working conditions for humans and severe cruelty for the animals. People and
mucifer
Oct 2021
#3
Correct, and not one frigging MAGAT in this country would ever acknowledge how
bullwinkle428
Oct 2021
#7
mucifer
(23,478 posts)1. what a horrible job to have
jimfields33
(15,692 posts)2. Thank God we have people to work them
I do wish they had better work conditions and wage of course.
mucifer
(23,478 posts)3. No all bad Horrible working conditions for humans and severe cruelty for the animals. People and
animals deserve better.
roody
(10,849 posts)4. Mostly immigrant labor
bullwinkle428
(20,628 posts)7. Correct, and not one frigging MAGAT in this country would ever acknowledge how
essential this immigrant labor is in providing them with a steady stream of cheap meat.
Wounded Bear
(58,598 posts)5. Good to hear...nt
Johonny
(20,818 posts)6. mandates appear to be working
It turns out working > owning the libs.
It also turns out they're not really worried about the vaccine, they've just been taught by the RW media that Covid isn't that big a deal.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,864 posts)8. Tyson had a horrible time with Covid back when
the first wave went through. It must have cost them millions.
OnDoutside
(19,948 posts)9. And after all those deaths, they're only at 91%. Some want to learn
the hard way.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,864 posts)10. That's pretty good. That many vaccinated would
protect the unvaccinated.