Does Tyson Foods Support Illegal (Criminal) Immigrants?

phil@philvalentine.com
http://www.philvalentine.com/

Mr. Valentine,
Enclosed is a message I sent to Tyson Foods this morning. ABC reported this
morning that this company was scaling back operations, today (4/10/06), so their
employees can rally in support of illegal (criminal) immigrants.

Please spread the word!

Thank you.
David A. Bess

dab1231@mail.com
www.legalamerica.blogspot.com

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http://www.tysonfoodsinc.com/


Because of your support of illegal immigrants I will no longer knowingly purchase Tyson
products. It was reported on the national news this morning (4/10/06 ABC) that your
company was scaling back operations so that your employees could rally in support of
the illegal (criminal) immigrants. I will circulate this information to all that will listen or
read.

David A. Bess
1506 River Rock Blvd.
Murfreesboro, TN. 37129

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TYSON FOODS RESPONSE

Thanks for your message.  Contrary to what you may have heard, did not
encourage our workers to participate in today's rallies.  Most Tyson
plants are running regular shifts today, although there have been
reports of higher than usual absenteeism at some locations.  Virtually
all of the company's poultry plants and a majority of its beef and pork
plants are in operation.  Some plants - fewer than ten of the more than
100 facilities the company owns -- are not operating today due to a
combination of factors, including market conditions that give us
scheduling flexibility and the potential absence of workers due to the
immigration rallies.

We want you to know we have zero tolerance for employing people who are
not authorized to work in the U.S.  We use all available tools provided
by the U.S. government to help determine our Team Members are authorized
to work in this country.

Tyson voluntarily participates in the Department of Homeland Security's
Basic Pilot program, which allows us access to government databases that
assist in the documentation authentication process. We've used the Basic
Pilot at all of our plants since 1998.  Before the Basic Pilot became
available, we participated in the government's Electronic Verification
Pilot or EVP program.

We train our hiring managers on proper employment documentation
procedure and work to increase their awareness of identification and
documentation fraud.  We regularly audit our hiring process including
work authorization documents and also use an independent, outside
company, which conducts its own audit of our hiring practices.

The Basic Pilot is effective in helping us verify the Social Security
numbers of the people we hire.  Unfortunately, the program has
limitations.  It does not currently help us in cases of identity fraud
when an individual assumes someone else's name by using their Social
Security number.  This is another reason we support efforts to reform
immigration law.  We believe companies should not be placed in the role
of policing who has proper work documentation.  If the government isn't
going to assume this responsibility, then it should give companies more
tools to do the job, such as an improved Basic Pilot that can help us
verify the previous employment of newly-hired workers.

-----Original Message-----
From: dab1231@mail.com [mailto:dab1231@mail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 4:12 AM
To: gary.mickelson@tyson.com
Subject: Contact Us form submission on www.tysonfoodsinc.com