Boycott Tyson products

http://www.tyson.com ^ | 4/28/06 | Deborah

[Die_Hard Conservative Lady]

This is my first vanity post, so be nice!

I just heard on FoxNews that the meat packing company "Tyson" will be closing Monday to allow their employees so march in the protest on May 1st, whihc is this coming Monday. Are they an American company? They seem to forget they it's "Americans that purchase their product and keep them in business.... I also left them an email on thier website stating my feelings on them supporting this protest march...

Okay, I feel better now..... Thank you! Pleasse also go to the Tyson website and leave them an email as to how you feel....

[Die_Hard Conservative Lady]

Boycott Tyson products....

[RushCrush]

I don't eat chicken.

Does Tyson make anything else?

[mnehrling]

Freeping Strategy-
May 1st is now

Thank A LEGAL Immigrant Who Chooses To Work Day

Go to a Mexican Restaurant that chooses to stay open and give the legal immigrants who are working that day a big tip.

Visit Mexican Grocery stores owned by legal immigrants and spend a LOT of money.

Reward legal immigrants!

[Die_Hard Conservative Lady]

Well, I made a few spelling mistakes, please don't send me any hate mail!

[Baynative]

Always have! Tyson=FOB (friend of Bill)

[Brad's Gramma]

This is my first vanity post, so be nice!

Why you ..... you ...... you......

DID GREAT! Bumping the thread cuz I really am fed up to *here* with this stupid boycott.

Shop till ya drop at the GOOD places!!!

[mnehrling]

Actually, if you read the information on this, they are being 'forced' to because so many people will be off work they cannot keep the plants open:

http://www.forbes.com/technology/ebusiness/feeds/ap/2006/04/28/ap2706448.html

I don't think we should blindly punish Tyson until we have more information on their motivation. It sounds as though they are a victim of the protests.

[spectre]

Beef and pork.

sw

[theDentist]

A reasonably good first posting. Welcome DHCL.

[OldFriend]

Always have, always will.

Their products were so substandarad that Russia refused to allow them into their country, even with slick willie begging.

[MeanWestTexan]

"Does Tyson make anything else?"

Clinton president.

[12th_Monkey]

Havent bought Tyson since Clinton ran for his first term. No Heinz since '04. May not make a diff, but it makes me feel better...

[libertarianPA]

Unforgivable :)

[Rakkasan1]

complicit either way. f 'em.

[SengirV]

EXACTLY what I've done as well.

[libertarianPA]

I haven't bought Ben & Jerry's for a year - when I found out they were helping fund Cindy Sheehan's bus tour.

[dsc]

I've been boycotting Tyson since I learned he was a big *sshole buddy of Beelzebubba.

[mnehrling]

So a victim of a crime is now guilty of being complicit of the crime?

[RushCrush]

Ok, guess it will be like a Lenten Friday :)

[del4hope]

Good Job!
We were having this discussion earlier today. Many communities north of me are filling up with the illegals because of the poultry industry. I can do without chicken. Keep it up food industry. I will plant my own garden too.

[NC28203]

You are pretty much going to have to boycott all meat products. Illegal immigrants make up a substantial portion of the meat processing work force throughout this country.
You might want to consider boycotting fruits and vegetables as well since many of those are picked by illegals.
Grains are probably still safe, though not exactly Atkins friendly.

[Lexington Green]

Tyson has our politicians well-bribed. They've bought their free-pass from ICE/INS.

[An American in Turkiye]

I have boycotted Tyson ever since he bit Holyfields ear off.

[Blzbba]

"since I learned he was a big *sshole buddy of Beelzebubba."


Hey - that jerk owes me $50!!! He's no friend of mine!!

[Prokopton]

Just sent:

"I have just learned that you intend to close some of your plants so that your illegal workers can protest in favor of rights for illegal aliens.
This action makes it quite clear where your sympathies lie and it is not with the American people including legal immigrants.
Because of your position, I will no longer purchase any product sold by Tyson Foods, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries."

[phil1750]

Tysons has to close. They employ more illegals than any other company in the country. There won't be but a skeleton crew show up anyway.

[NC28203]

The total U.S. beef plants to be closed Monday to at least 12 and pork plants to at least 14. Slaughter for both species is expected to be reduced to around 50% or less than normal Monday.

Tyson Foods (TSN) will not operate at five of its nine U.S. beef plants and will have four of six pork plants closed Monday due to a potential shortage of workers.

Cargill Meat Solutions' two pork plants, located in Iowa and Illinois, will be closed Monday along with five of its fed-cattle plants located in Texas, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado.

Indiana Packing Co. of Delphi, Ind., confirmed earlier this week that its plant will be closed on Monday.

Premium Standard Farms confirmed this week that the company will not slaughter hogs Monday at its Milan, Mo., and its Lundy Packing Co. facility in Clinton, N.C

Seaboard Foods will not operate its Guymon, Okla., plant Monday. The Guymon facility is the company's only pork plant.



The U.S. work stoppages at U.S. meat plants Monday are projected to be greater than the work crew reductions seen on April 10, the first time some workers participated in the immigration protests. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated cattle slaughter that day at 80,000 head and hog slaughter at 337,000.

[SheLion]

Well, Fox News also said to watch what businesses are closed on Monday.  They will be the ones that hire the most illegals.  Very interesting about Tyson, eh?

[manwiththehands]

I've been boycotting Tyson since the Clinton years. I don't do Heinz or Ben and Jerry's, either.

[RushCrush]

Slaughter for both species is expected to be reduced to around 50% or less than normal Monday.

PETA will be thrilled.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I have never bought anything with a Tyson name on it since it came out they bribed BJ Clinton via his HR Clinton to change the law to allow Tyson to sell substandard inspected products.

[concerned about politics]

An American citizen lost his job because of immigrants. He has a family, too.

He works Mon-Fri every week. The immigrants demanded Monday off, and said they'd work Saturday to make it up.
The American had a family, and said he'd rather work his usual shift because he has no interest in the immigration issue, and has children. His boss said he had to appease the immigrants, or be fired.
He did not cave to the immigrants demands and their cowardly boss, and is now an unemployed American citizen with American children to feed. The illegals still have their jobs, of course.

[operation clinton cleanup]

I have been avoiding anything Tyson (including Mike) since they bankrolled Clinton for President.

[LaineyDee]

Same here. I quit Tyson after watching "The Mena Connection".

[Rakkasan1]

depends. are we talking the Duke lacrosse team or immigration?

it ain't rocket science to check status.
Social Security Number Verification (Employers Can Verify Employees Social Security Number)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1620228/posts

[maplenut]

For anyone out there who doesn't know, during the Clinton Administration, Tyson Foods of Arkansas, built a very large number of chicken producing plants in Durango and other border areas in Mexico. I know first hand as I have personally seen rows and rows of these plants out in the bush of Durango.

[Ben Chad]

I have been avoiding anything Tyson (including Mike) since they bankrolled Clinton for President.

ditto

[stevio]

Always have! Tyson=FOB

Yes, I remember that too and I have been boycotting them also.

[isrul]

That seems like a good idea but how do you know they are legal just because they are open? They may just be after the money the other illegals won't get.

[calex59]

Tyson, or any other company that hires ILLEGALS, is to blame for the ILLEGAL ALIEN mess we are in. They are not being "forced" to hire ILLEGALS, they hire them to save the money they would have to pay Americans to do the same jobs.

They are NOT VICTIMS.

[hsalaw]

Actually, if you read the information on this, they are being 'forced' to because so many people will be off work they cannot keep the plants open:

Then they should have a plan for disciplining their employees who breach company policy and should tell us about that plan. Otherwise, my plan is to not purchase any more of their products.

[operation clinton cleanup]

BTW.. Carolina Turkey imports and employs a massive amount of illegals.. not sure what their work schedule is for Monday.

http://www.carolinaturkey.com/

[concerned about politics]

I don't think we should blindly punish Tyson until we have more information on their motivation. It sounds as though they are a victim of the protests.

There will be a lot of citizens who'll be victims of this influx. This is designed to hurt the American people and force them to obey the orders of the radical left wing illegal immigrants.

[RckyRaCoCo]

I haven't bought Tyson Clinton Chicken in years.

[mnehrling]

I guess the problem I have is assuming that just because people take off for the protest, they are illegal.

Maybe my concern doesn't apply to Tyson as I didn't know they are known to hire illegals, but I do have a problem with blindly punishing businesses who are forced to close because of the protests.. especially those who don't hire illegals, just dumb ass employees joining the protest..

[Zetman]

May first is of course, May Day, the biggest holiday on the communist calendar. We have to allow all those good commies to go to the rallies and worship their god, after all.

Like others who posted above, my family has not bought Tyson since the 90's when they were donating heavily to Clinton's presidential campaign.

[RoadTest]

Speaking of Slick Willie, isn't he a friend of Tyson? Or is it Hitlery?

[isrul]

Yeah, but he tried to better himself while in jail by getting his GED. I guess that means he can now make more money than he used to. At least that's what they say on PSA's about the value of a GED. Sorry. This illegal alien stuff is getting so depressing, I just had to digress, if only briefly.

[Vinnie]

Tyson was part of the funneling and washing money to the clintons.
I've avoided their products whenever possible.