¶ Tyson Foods
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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 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]
¶ Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Donnie King | Chief Executive Officer | Business Roundtable |
¶ External links
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/ ↩︎ ↩︎
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 ↩︎
Members. Business Roundtable. Retrieved October 24, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221024221515/https://www.businessroundtable.org/about-us/members ↩︎
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 ↩︎
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/ ↩︎
Partnerships. Share Our Strength. Retrieved July 3, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.07.03-203458/https://www.shareourstrength.org/partnerships/ ↩︎
Tyson Foods. World Economic Forum. Retrieved July 31, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230731050516/https://www.weforum.org/organizations/tyson-foods/ ↩︎
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 ↩︎