CHICAGO, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Tyson Meals TSN.N mentioned on Thursday it’s providing U.S. hen plant staff the prospect to win $10,000 as soon as per week for the following 5 weeks if they’ve acquired not less than one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
The vaccine lottery is the newest try and encourage vaccinations by the nation’s largest meat firm by gross sales, because the contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus drives a rise in U.S. circumstances.
Tyson staff at practically 50 hen services are eligible for the prizes, spokesman Derek Burleson mentioned.
The corporate on Aug. three mandated that every one staff be vaccinated by Nov. 1, although the requirement for unionized plant staff is topic to negotiations with labor unions.
At the moment, about 56,000 staff had already been vaccinated, roughly 47% of Tyson’s U.S. workforce of 120,000, in response to the corporate.
Tyson mentioned on Thursday that discussions with union leaders on the mandate are ongoing.
“We’re already in alignment on the necessity to proceed doing every part we are able to to guard our group members from the well being impacts of the COVID-19 virus,” Burleson mentioned.
Tyson can be paying $200 to any worker who will get vaccinated and compensating staff for as much as 4 hours of normal pay if they’re vaccinated exterior regular work hours or away from a Tyson location, in response to the corporate.
(Reporting by Tom Polansek, Modifying by Rosalba O’Brien)
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