Today's Date: September 30, 2023
STATEMENT - CMA recognizes National Day for Truth and Reconciliation   •   Oragenics Enters into Agreement with Lantern Bioworks for Replacement-Therapy Assets   •   LeapFrog® Showcases New Collection of Learning Toys at Toy Fair® 2023   •   Cookies for a Cause: Big Blue Marble Academy Celebrates a Heartfelt Success in Giving Back   •   Brighthouse Financial Releases 2022 Corporate Sustainability Report   •   Message from the Governor General on the occasion of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation   •   University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies’ Scholars Present at 2023 International Leadership Association 25th Glob   •   Skillsoft Completes Reverse Stock Split   •   Deepblocks Wins NAHREP and Hispanic Wealth Project REACH Labs Innovation Showcase For Real Estate Disruption   •   Toy Association Unveils New Holiday Shopping Insights & Trends at Toy Fair®   •   Statement by the Prime Minister on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation   •   Can a roof’s material cool the outside air and lower energy demand? An Argonne study says it can.   •   CORRECTING and REPLACING EverGen Infrastructure Announces 10-Year Organic Waste Processing Agreement with the City of Regin   •   Evolus Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)   •   Metropolitan Issues Statement on Passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein   •   Tim Hortons Orange Sprinkle Donut campaign returns TODAY until Oct. 1 with 100% of proceeds donated to Indigenous organizations   •   Joint Statement by Ministers Anandasangaree, Hajdu, Vandal, St-Onge, and Virani on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation   •   Dollar General Celebrates First Montana Store Grand Opening   •   VTech® Displays Engaging Collection of New Products at Toy Fair® 2023   •   Department of Energy Funds New Center at Argonne for Decarbonization of Steelmaking: Reimagining the Steel Production Process
Bookmark and Share

Tyson Meats Settles Discrimination Case

VERNON, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has announced that Tyson Refrigerated Processed Meats Inc. has agreed to settle findings of hiring discrimination against 157 African-American and 375 Caucasian applicants for laborer positions at the company’s bacon processing plant in Vernon.

 

“The Labor Department is committed to leveling the playing field for all workers,” said OFCCP Director Patricia A. Shiu. “A company that profits from taxpayer dollars must not discriminate, period.”

 

OFCCP investigators found that African-American and Caucasian applicants were less likely to be hired than similarly situated Hispanic applicants over a two-year period.

 

Under the terms of the conciliation agreement, Tyson Refrigerated Processed Meats will pay a total of $560,000 in back pay and interest to the 532 applicants. Additionally, the company will make job offers to 59 of the 532 eligible class members as laborer positions become available and revise the practices, policies and procedures it uses to recruit, track and hire applicants to fully comply with the law and immediately correct discriminatory practices.

 

This agreement follows litigation by OFCCP involving two other subsidiaries of Tyson Foods Inc. In 2008, a Labor Department administrative law judge found that TNT Crust in Green Bay, Wis., systematically discriminated against Hispanic applicants in its hiring. In September 2010, OFCCP filed an administrative complaint against a Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Joslin, Ill., for systematically rejecting female applicants seeking entry-level positions.

 

OFCCP, an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor, enforces Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 that prohibit employment discrimination by federal contractors. The agency monitors federal contractors to ensure that they provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, gender, color, religion, national origin, disability or veteran status.

 


STORY TAGS: BLACK , AFRICAN AMERICAN , MINORITY , CIVIL RIGHTS , DISCRIMINATION , RACISM , NAACP , URBAN LEAGUE , RACIAL EQUALITY , BIAS , EQUALITY

Video

White House Live Stream
LIVE VIDEO EVERY SATURDAY
Breaking News
alsharpton Rev. Al Sharpton
9 to 11 am EST
jjackson Rev. Jesse Jackson
10 to noon CST


Video

LIVE BROADCASTS
Sounds Make the News ®
WAOK-Urban
Atlanta - WAOK-Urban
KPFA-Progressive
Berkley / San Francisco - KPFA-Progressive
WVON-Urban
Chicago - WVON-Urban
KJLH - Urban
Los Angeles - KJLH - Urban
WKDM-Mandarin Chinese
New York - WKDM-Mandarin Chinese
WADO-Spanish
New York - WADO-Spanish
WBAI - Progressive
New York - WBAI - Progressive
WOL-Urban
Washington - WOL-Urban

Listen to United Natiosns News