Reed et al v. Tyson Foods, Inc.

  1. June 15, 2022

    Judge Guts Religious Bias Suit Over Tyson's Vax Mandate

    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.

  2. January 18, 2022

    Tyson Can't Escape COVID-19 Mandate Suit, Workers Say

    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.

  3. December 10, 2021

    Tyson Says It's Not A Gov't Actor In Bid To Slip Vax Suit

    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.

  4. November 04, 2021

    Tyson Workers Lose Bids to Send Vax Suits To County Court

    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.