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Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods is an American multinational food processing company based in Springdale, Arkansas.

History

In August 2021, Tyson announced that all employees were required to be "fully vaccinated" with COVID-19 vaccines by November. The company offered employees a $200 incentive to get vaccinated.[1]

Robert Barnes brought a lawsuit against Tyson on behalf of employees put on unpaid leave due to the mandate.[2]

The mandate was suspended on October 31, 2022.[1:1]

Organization

Tyson's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Donnie King, represents the company as a member of the Business Roundtable.[3]

Tyson is a partner organization of Feeding America,[4] Plug and Play,[5] Share Our Strength,[6] and the World Economic Forum (WEF).[7] The company has provided funding to the World Resources Institute (WRI).[8]

Tyson makes political donations through the Tyson Foods Political Action Committee (TYPAC).[9]

Personnel

Name Position Notes
Donnie King Chief Executive Officer Business Roundtable

  1. Polansek, T. (2022, November 16). Tyson Foods ends COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees. Reuters. https://web.archive.org/web/20231130164257/https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/tyson-foods-ends-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-employees-2022-11-16/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Kiyosaki, R., & Kiyosaki, K. (2021, December 15). Crusader for the Constitution. Rich Dad | Financial Education & Coaching for Everyone. http://archive.today/2023.12.10-202055/https://www.richdad.com/podcasts/robert-barnes-1 ↩︎

  3. Members. Business Roundtable. Retrieved October 24, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221024221515/https://www.businessroundtable.org/about-us/members ↩︎

  4. Food & Fund Partners. Feeding America. Retrieved December 9, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231209190339/https://www.feedingamerica.org/partners/food-and-fund-partners ↩︎

  5. Our Corporate Innovation Partners. Plug and Play Tech Center. Retrieved June 6, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230606002503/https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/corporations/partners/ ↩︎

  6. Partnerships. Share Our Strength. Retrieved July 3, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.07.03-203458/https://www.shareourstrength.org/partnerships/ ↩︎

  7. Tyson Foods. World Economic Forum. Retrieved July 31, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230731050516/https://www.weforum.org/organizations/tyson-foods/ ↩︎

  8. Dasgupta, A. (2022). From Commitments to Action: Annual Report 2021 (pp. 38–47). World Resources Institute. https://web.archive.org/web/20220730190344/https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2022-04/wri-annual-report-2021.pdf ↩︎

  9. Crater, T. (2008, October 10). RE: TYPAC contributions made after election date. Federal Election Commission; Tyson Political Action Committee (TYPAC). https://web.archive.org/web/20170217165826/http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/782/28039854782/28039854782.pdf ↩︎