To: "David Bess"
CC:
Subject: RE: Contact Us form submission on www.tysonfoodsinc.com
Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 16:42:27 -0500
Thank you for your message. Most of the more than 100 plants owned by
Tyson Foods were in operation Monday. For business reasons, we closed
about a dozen plants. Rather than experience a disruption in business
due to the absence of workers, we opted to close certain plants and make
up for the loss of production by shifting production to Saturday at some
locations. We did not encourage workers to participate in the rallies.
Contrary to what you may have heard, Tyson Foods has 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 verify the
documents of the people we hire.
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 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. If the government is going to continue place employers
in the role of policing who has proper work documentation, then it
should give companies more tools to do the job.
-----Original Message-----
From: David Bess [mailto:dab1231@mail.com]
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 6:18 PM
To: Mickelson, Gary
Subject: RE: Contact Us form submission on www.tysonfoodsinc.com
Tyson and Mr. Gary Mickelson,
Now that Tyson, Hormel, and Cargill Meat plants are closing due to your
workers taking off May 1, 2006, then I can only assume I was correctly
informed
and Tyson and you lied in this email.
If my workers took off to support criminals (illegal aliens) then they
would be
looking for new employment on May 2, 2006.
By the way, Tyson has to make only one telephone call to the Social
Security
Administration to determine and applicant's citizenship. Yes, it is
Tyson's
responsibility to support the laws and policies of our country.
Shame on Tyson and you for supporting criminals in the name of profits.
David A. Bess
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mickelson, Gary"
> To: dab1231@mail.com
> Subject: RE: Contact Us form submission on www.tysonfoodsinc.com
> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:21:26 -0500
>
>
> 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
>
> CATEGORY: News, information, and public affairs
> QUESTION/COMMENT:
>
> Because of your support of illegal (criminal) 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
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