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Tyson Claims it Followed Federal Instructions in COVID-19 Response
May 13, 2021
In a reply brief before the Eighth Circuit filed on Tuesday, Tyson Foods Inc. argued that it fulfilled its duties to protect employees during the COVID-19 pandemic and followed national guidelines, while helping prevent a food shortage. The company alleged that since it was following federal directions to keep the food supply secure, that the plaintiffs do not have a basis for filing litigation against actions Tyson took at the behest of the federal government.
“In the throes of the greatest national health crisis in a century, ensuring that the nation’s food supply remained secure ranked high among the federal government’s top priorities. … Tyson provided that cooperation under the close direction of federal officers from the earliest days of the pandemic, even before the directives were formalized.”
Tyson says third of Waterloo, Iowa plant workers vaccinated
March 14, 2021
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WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) Tyson said about a third of workers at the company s Waterloo, Iowa plant have received the COVID-19 vaccine, the Quad-City Times reported Sunday.
The virus has already sickened about a third of the site s nearly 3,000 employees, and Waterloo Tyson is linked to at least six worker deaths from the coronavirus.
The company this month hosted vaccination clinics for Waterloo workers and partnered with grocer Hy-Vee to provide shots to Independence, Iowa employees.
About a third of the 265 workers at the Independence plant have been vaccinated, according to Tyson.
7 candidates under consideration for MPD director
7 candidates under consideration for MPD Director By Arianna Poindexter | March 11, 2021 at 5:50 PM CST - Updated March 11 at 5:50 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The search for the next Memphis Police Director is heating up as the City of Memphis released the names of seven finalists in a nationwide search.
The search is being conducted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), which was the same group that led the search in 2016.
Finalists include three internal candidates with the Memphis Police Department and include Deputy Chief Sharonda Hampton, Deputy Chief Samuel Hines and Deputy Chief Michael Shearin.