June 15, 2022
A Tennessee federal court shut down most of a lawsuit accusing Tyson Foods of violating workers’ religious rights by requiring COVID-19 vaccinations, rejecting the argument that Tyson acted as an arm of the government when it imposed the inoculation mandate.
January 18, 2022
Tyson employees accusing the meat processing company of violating their religious freedom by implementing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate urged a Tennessee federal judge on Monday to keep their suit alive, saying Tyson's arguments have been willfully inconsistent on whether or not it has acted as a government agent.
December 10, 2021
Tyson Foods asked a Tennessee federal judge to dismiss claims that its COVID-19 vaccine mandate is discriminatory, saying that half of the claims fail because the workers who filed them wrongfully assume Tyson is a government actor.
November 04, 2021
A Tennessee federal court refused Tyson Foods Inc. workers' requests to remand back to county court two lawsuits claiming the meat processor's COVID-19 vaccine mandate was discriminatory, agreeing with Tyson that a law permitting entities working under government officers to send suits to federal court applied in these cases.