Tyson Foods wants to hire 42,000 migrants to work in the United States, according to a new report. However, the massive food conglomerate just laid off 1,200 employees after shuttering a facility in Iowa last week and reportedly has other closures planned.
Bloomberg reported last week, "For companies like Tyson Foods Inc., struggling to fill unpleasant jobs with a U.S. unemployment rate of 3.9%, this new population presents an alluring opportunity."
Tyson joined the Tent Partnership for Refugees – a self-described nonprofit that "advises member companies on how they can build effective refugee hiring programs and integrate refugees into their workforces."
Tyson purportedly plans to double the number of migrants they employ.
Garrett Dolan – an associate director of human resources at Tyson Foods – told the outlet, "We would like to employ another 42,000 if we could find them."
According to Bloomberg, "Asylum hopefuls are typically eligible to receive work permits 180 days after they apply for the legal status, though some can receive them sooner. Many will wait years before their first immigration hearing due to court backlogs, but they’ll be allowed to work in the meantime."
Dolan noted that a large portion of new hires "are going to come from refugees and immigrants, so we’re now in the business of strategically thinking that through."
Dolan said the migrants are "very, very loyal,"
"They’ve been uprooted and what they want is stability — what they want is a sense of belonging," he added.
Last Monday, Tyson Foods announced that it was permanently closing its pork processing facility in Perry, Iowa. The closure coming in July would cost the jobs of 1,200 employees.
Fox Business reported, "Tyson plants in Arkansas, Virginia, Indiana, and Missouri are similarly scheduled to be shuttered in the coming months."
After the Bloomberg report was released, many Americans organized a boycott to counter the company hiring migrants.
However, Tyson Foods is disputing the narrative that the company wants to hire illegal immigrants.
"In recent days, there has been a lot of misinformation in the media about our company, and we feel compelled to set the record straight," the company said in a statement last week. "Tyson Foods is strongly opposed to illegal immigration, and we led the way in participating in the two major government programs to help employers combat unlawful employment, E-Verify and the Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers (IMAGE) program."
John Tyson – the grandson of the founder of Tyson Foods – and his family have a net worth of approximately $2.6 billion, according to Forbes.
Tyson Foods produces approximately 20% of the beef, pork, and chicken in the United States, according to the company. The food conglomerate includes brands such as Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, BallPark, Wright, Aidell’s, and State Fair.
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John R. Tyson was promoted to CFO of his family's meat empire on Oct. 2. It is unclear if the promotion went to his head, but over the weekend, something certainly did. He was arrested on Sunday after a young woman found him passed out in her bed.
Tyson, 32, was formerly executive vice president and chief sustainability officer for Tyson Foods Inc., one of the world's biggest meat producers. According to CFO Dive, he was promoted to CFO in September, tasked with leading the meat producer's initiative to support a more sustainable protein system. Tyson's base annual salary is $650,000.
One week ahead of addressing investors for the first time in his new position, he was arrested for public intoxication and criminal trespassing.
KNWA reported that Tyson was found passed out in a woman's bed around 2:05 a.m. on Nov. 6 at a residence in the 400 block of N. Mock Avenue in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The woman called the police, indicating that the trespasser may have been able to get inside through the front door, which had been unlocked.
When Fayetteville police arrived, Tyson, son of Tyson Foods chairman John H. Tyson and great-grandson of the company's founder, was unconscious in the woman's bed.
The police, unable to rouse Tyson from his slumber, ascertained his identity by a driver's license left in the clothes strewn on the floor.
According to the preliminary arrest warrant, the alleged trespasser reportedly smelled of intoxicants. An officer reported Tyson's movement to have been "sluggish and uncoordinated."
Despite the officer's efforts, Tyson was keen to go back to sleep. He would not, however, sleep it off in the stranger's home.
Tyson was arrested, booked into the Washington County Detention Center at 2:23 a.m., and released Sunday evening on a $415 bond.
The New York Post obtained video of the Washington County Sheriff's Office processing the meat processer.
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CNBC reported that Tyson Foods is aware of the incident, but will not comment further as it is a "personal matter."
Tyson is not the only one with ties to the company to have woken up in prison in recent months.
In September, Doug Ramsey, the former president of Tyson's poultry division and Beyond Meat CEO allegedly chomped down on a man's face, "ripping the flesh on the tip of the nose" during a Fayetteville road rage incident after the University of Arkansas football team's victory over Missouri State.
Ramsey was charged with terroristic threatening and third-degree battery.
If John R. Tyson resigns, then he will have served a shorter stint than the former CEO of Tyson Foods, Dean Banks, who stepped down last year after eight months on the job. Banks cited personal reasons for his decision to resign.
Tyson Foods has announced that it will require its U.S. workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19
A memo from company President and CEO Donnie King to Tyson Foods team members states that leadership must be fully vaccinated by Sept. 24, all office workers must be vaccinated by Oct. 1, and all other workers must be vaccinated by Nov. 1. "Team members that are members of a union will be subject to the results of union bargaining on this issue," the memo says.
A news release noted that exceptions to the company's vaccination requirement will include individuals who pursue medical or religious accommodation.
"To our frontline team members: once you are fully vaccinated, and verified in our Vaccination Verification Program, you will receive $200 as thank you for doing your part to keep us all safe, subject to ongoing discussions with our unions," King's memo states.
"We have spent months encouraging our team members to get vaccinated – today, under half of our team members are. We take this step today because nothing is more important than our team members' health and safety, and we thank them for the work they do, every day, to help us feed this country, and our world," the memo declares.
The Associated Press reported the United Food and Commercial Workers criticized Tyson for instituting the mandate when coronavirus vaccines only have emergency approval from the Food and Drug Administration. UFCW International President Marc Perrone noted that the union will be meeting with Tyson to "ensure that the rights of these workers are protected, and this policy is fairly implemented," according to the outlet.
"While we support and encourage workers getting vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, and have actively encouraged our members to do so, it is concerning that Tyson is implementing this mandate before the FDA has fully approved the vaccine," Perrone said in a statement, according to the AP.
Tyson has experienced COVID-19 outbreaks at some of its plants, according to the outlet.
Several lawsuits have also been brought against Tyson by the families of workers who passed away of coronavirus.
In the news release about the vaccine mandate, Tyson said, "Almost half of Tyson Foods' U.S. workforce has been vaccinated and coronavirus infection rates among team members remain low."
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