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LABOR REPORT

" Our Simmons Care Clinic teams began
planning weeks in advance to make sure we
were ready to move quickly when vaccines
became available, " Tooley said. " We began
holding on-site vaccination clinics within a
few days of the opening of Phase 1b to food
industry workers. In the first two weeks (as
of March 19), we administered over 2,000
vaccines. Clinics will continue at
least through mid-April. "
By mid-March, JBS USA
announced that approximately
one-third of its 60,000 US
employees had been vaccinated
with at least one dose of vaccine.
PROCESS PREPARED FOOD SOLUTIONS
More than 20,000 employees
work in JBS plants in Illinois,
* Batter, breading and ﬂavor application
* Frying and oil management
Texas, Iowa, Arkansas, Georgia,
* Ovens and dryers/roasters
Nebraska, Colorado, Alabama,
* Conveying and product handling
Utah, North Carolina, West
* Filling and weighing
Virginia and Minnesota.
* Foreign object and defect inspection
" We are pleased to see so many
* Controls and information systems
of our essential team members
having the opportunity to be
We are successful when you are successful.
vaccinated and choosing to do
That's why we apply creativity, engineering
so, " Nogueira said. " While we are
excellence, and determined perseverance
making good progress, there is
to every project to help our customers get
much work left to be done. "
the performance their business demands-
Some JBS locations executed
whether measured by ﬂavor, eﬃciencies,
large scale vaccinations on-site
sustainability, improvement, or innovation.
while other vaccination events
will be available for company
employees to attend at local health
departments in the cities where
the plants are located.
" We have been focused on
doing everything we can to
prioritize our essential workforce
in state vaccination plans across
the country, " Nogueira said. " Our
role is to be flexible in helping our
team members and local officials
in the communities where we
operate. Whether that includes
shutting down a facility to execute
a mass vaccination or providing
paid time off, incentives and
facilitating transportation for our
workforce to get where they need
to go to get their vaccine, we're
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committed to ensuring they have
every opportunity possible to be
vaccinated. "

long-term strategy. We're continuing to provide
access, continuing to educate our employees.
We want every Tyson employee who wants the
vaccine to have access to it. While we've had
some success in the short term, this is very
much a long-term game. "
Simmons Foods also held on-site events to
help administer vaccines to its employees.

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