One Dead, Two Hurt After Tyson Foods Plant Fire in Georgia December 30, 2024 By Jeff Amy and Dee-Ann Durbin ATLANTA (AP) — A woman died and two other people were hospitalized with injuries after a fire at a Tyson...
Boar’s Head Closing Virginia Plant Linked to Deadly Listeria Outbreak September 16, 2024 By Dee-Ann Durbin Boar’s Head said Friday it’s closing the Virginia plant tied to a deadly listeria outbreak. The Sarasota, Florida-based company said...
US Beefs Up Campaign for Accurate Animal Welfare Claims on Meat, Poultry Packaging June 15, 2023 By Dee-Ann Durbin The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it hopes to weed out false or misleading animal-welfare claims on meat and...
Arkansas Tyson Workers Sue Over Lack of COVID Precautions March 10, 2023 By Dee-Ann Durbin Thirty-four Tyson Foods employees, former employees and family members filed a lawsuit against the company Monday, saying it failed to...
Storm Adds Uncertainty to Strong Holiday Travel Demand December 22, 2022 By Dee-Ann Durbin Concerns about illness or inflation aren’t stopping Americans from hitting the roads and airports this holiday season. But a massive...
‘Best Before’ Labels Scrutinized as Food Waste Concerns Grow October 6, 2022 By Dee-Ann Durbin As awareness grows around the world about the problem of food waste, one culprit in particular is drawing scrutiny: “best...
Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee Defies Expectations on Employer-Employee Cases March 2, 2022 By Tom Krisher and Dee-Ann Durbin Labor unions and worker advocates have applauded President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court....
Biden Administration Officially Withdraws Employer Vaccine Rule January 27, 2022 By Dee-Ann Durbin The Biden administration has officially withdrawn a rule that would have required workers at big companies to get vaccinated or...
Stay Home or Go to Work Sick? Omicron Poses a Conundrum. January 11, 2022 By Dee-Ann Durbin and Anne D'Innocenzio As the raging omicron variant of COVID-19 infects workers across the nation, millions of those whose jobs don’t provide paid...
Striking McDonald’s Workers Protest Alleged Workplace Harassment, Violence October 29, 2021 By Dee-Ann Durbin McDonald’s workers in 12 U.S. cities walked off the job Tuesday to protest what they say is an ongoing problem...