Report Finds Meat Plant Workers’ COVID Cases Much Higher Than Previous Estimates October 28, 2021 By Leah Douglas Workers at the leading U.S. meatpacking plants experienced cases and death from COVID-19 that were up to three times previous...
Many Firms Aren’t Paying OSHA Fines Levied for COVID-19 Safety Violations: Reuters February 18, 2021 By Chris Kirkham U.S. workplace safety regulators have announced more than $4 million in penalties on more than 300 employers they say put...
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...
Meat Packing Plant Owners Defend Operations During Pandemic July 27, 2020 By Michael Hirtzer and Isis Almeida As part of an investigation into the spread of coronavirus at U.S. meat plants, Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory...
Absenteeism at Meatpacking Plants Tied to Workplace Safety Concerns June 15, 2020 By Tom Polansek and Andy Sullivan Smithfield Foods Inc. is missing about a third of its employees at a South Dakota pork plant because they are...
Workers Worry Over Enforcement of Meatpacking Plant Safety Recommendations May 22, 2020 By Amy Forliti Federal recommendations meant to keep meatpacking workers safe as they return to plants that were shuttered by the coronavirus have...
Unions Push Back on Trump Plan to Order Meat Processing Plants to Stay Open April 29, 2020 By Jeff Mason and Tom Polansek President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered meat-processing plants to stay open to protect the food supply in the United States,...
5,000 Meat, Food Plant Workers Exposed to Coronavirus, Union Says April 24, 2020 By Tom Polansek More than 5,000 U.S. meat and food-processing workers have been infected with or exposed to the new coronavirus, and 13...
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...
New Hog Slaughterhouse Rules Please Firms, Worry Food Safety Advocates September 18, 2019 By Tom Polansek U.S. food safety and the health of plant workers will be at risk from new federal rules that allow meat...