Tyson Foods to Require COVID-19 Vaccines for All American Workers

The Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Columbus Junction, Iowa on April 16, 2020. Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette via AP, File

Meat processing giant Tyson Foods said it would require COVID-19 vaccines for all its 120,000 U.S. workers, aiming for total vaccination by Nov. 1.

Tyson Chief Executive Donnie King said that the effort is the best way to protect the health of the company’s workforce amid new strains of COVID-19.