Democratic House Chairs Urge N95 Mask Requirement for Meatpacking Plant Workers March 2, 2021 By Mike Dorning Key Democratic House Committee chairs asked the Biden administration to require N95 air filtration masks to protect against the spread...
Meatpacking Plants Linked to Up to 8% of Early U.S. COVID Cases November 27, 2020 By Mike Dorning As many as one in 12 cases of Covid-19 in the early stage of the pandemic in the U.S. can...
Tyson Suspends Meat Plant Managers Accused of COVID Betting Pool November 20, 2020 By Mike Dorning Tyson Foods Inc. said it has suspended managers at an Iowa meatpacking plant accused in lawsuits of betting on how...
Coronavirus Safety: U.S. Behind Global Rivals in Protecting Meat Plant Workers September 22, 2020 By Mike Dorning, Brian Parkin and Ainslie Chandler The U.S. government is falling behind global rivals when it comes to protecting meatpacking workers from Covid-19 infections, even though...
Citing Safety, Union Sues to Block Trump Waivers That Speed Up Poultry Lines July 29, 2020 By Mike Dorning A food workers’ union filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to block Trump administration waivers that allow poultry plants to operate...
Farm Workers Getting Sick, Spreading Coronavirus As Peak Produce Season Begins May 29, 2020 By Mike Dorning and Jen Skerritt All of the roughly 200 employees on a produce farm in Tennessee tested positive for Covid-19 this month. In New...
Farm Bankruptcies Up 24% on Strain from Trump Trade War October 31, 2019 By Mike Dorning U.S. farm bankruptcies in September surged 24% to the highest since 2011 amid strains from President Donald Trump’s trade war...
Food Workers Sue to Stop Trump Plan to Speed Up Pig Slaughterhouse Lines October 8, 2019 By Mike Dorning A food workers’ union filed a federal lawsuit Monday to block a Trump administration move to end limits on the...
Obama Expected to Veto Bill Allowing 9/11 Suits Against Saudis September 11, 2016 By Mike Dorning and Nafeesa Syeed The unopposed House vote Friday to allow families of Sept. 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia begins a diplomatic nightmare...
White House Urges Action on Cyber Bill After Anthem Attack February 6, 2015 By Annie Linskey and Mike Dorning President Barack Obama’s top advisers urged Congress to act quickly to strengthen consumer data protections after the security breach at...