Tyson Foods to Vaccinate Thousands of Workers in Arkansas, Kansas and North Carolina
March 08 2021 - 1:12PM
Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) will offer free, onsite COVID-19
vaccinations this week to thousands of frontline team members in
Arkansas, where 20 percent of the company’s U.S. workforce is
based, as well as Kansas and North Carolina. The vaccines are being
provided in conjunction with Matrix Medical and local health
departments in each of the three states, where food processing
workers are among the priority group now eligible for vaccination.
“We’ve been working with Matrix Medical and health department
officials to prepare for this moment and we’re ready,” said Tom
Brower, senior vice president of Health and Safety for Tyson Foods.
“We’re pleased to offer our team members convenient access to the
vaccine, and we appreciate state leaders recognizing the essential
role they play in feeding the world.”
Tyson Foods officials expect many of the company’s 24,000
Arkansas employees to be vaccinated during onsite events, beginning
at its Fayetteville, Arkansas, plant on Tuesday, March 9 and its
Berry St. plant in Springdale on Wednesday, March 10.
Additional vaccination events are planned this week for Tyson
team members in Garden City, Kansas, and at Tyson facilities in
Claremont, Monroe, Sanford and Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
Nearly 10,000 of the company’s U.S employees have recently been
vaccinated either at onsite events or through an external source.
Approximately 1,300 team members were vaccinated March 3-5 at
Tyson’s Waterloo, Iowa, pork plant. Photos and video of the
Waterloo 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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