Fairness in Blogging
and not the Hillary/NewSpeak “Fairness” Doctrine type either
As you may recall, I emailed Tyson foods upon learning from TUA that they were gonna close plants for Illegal Alien Day, May 1. I received the following in response.
Reprinted in whole:
FROM: gary.mickelson@tyson.com
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.
Seems as though you didn’t discourage ‘em. The phrase “Show up, provide a doctor’s note or You’re Fired” springs to my mind....
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,
Participation is not mandatory? Interesting information.
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.
I am in complete agreement with that last. The system is fully broken and needs revamping At Once!
My email to Tyson Foods:
I understand that Tyson Foods plans to close some packing plants in support of the May 1 Boycott Against America?
I wished to check directly with you as to the truth of this information. If it is indeed so, I plan to never buy another product from your company.
I understand that your product line is quite diverse, so it will take some research and work to accomplish never buying another product from Tyson Foods, but it is an effort I am more than willing to make. I do not do business with anyone who does not support and uphold the laws of the United States.
Kindly let me know if my information is correct at your earliest possible convenience.
Thank you for your kind attention to this matter.
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