Tyson to Mandate COVID Vaccination
Having vaccinated 56,000 employees in over 100 events and spent $700 million in 2021 to suppress infection, Tyson Foods has announced mandatory COVID vaccination for all employees and new hires to be implemented before November 1st. Religious and health exemptions will be allowed and recipients will receive a $200 bonus.
Donnie King, CEO of Tyson Foods thanked employees for accepting vaccination “to keep us all safe” Dr. Claudia Coplein, Chief Medical Officer regards vaccination as “the single most effective thing we can do to protect our team members their families and communities” in the face of increasing incidence rates, hospitalizations and deaths in states where the Company operates.