REUTERS REPORT-Regulators Ignored Workers’ COVID-19 Safety Complaints Amid Deadly Outbreaks January 6, 2021 By Chris Kirkham and Benjamin Lesser Miguel Cabezola, a driver for United Parcel Service Inc. in Tucson, Arizona, complained on March 27 to U.S. workplace safety...
Tyson not Shielded by Order Keeping Meatpackers Open, Iowa Judge Rules January 4, 2021 A federal judge has rejected an argument by Tyson Foods that is not liable in the death of a worker...
Tyson Foods to Pilot Medical Clinics for Workers at Some Meat Plants Next Year September 4, 2020 By Josh Funk Tyson Foods is planning to open medical clinics at several of its U.S. plants to improve the health of its...
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...
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...
Tyson Foods to Close Iowa Meat Plant as More Workers Catch COVID-19 May 28, 2020 By Tom Polansek Tyson Foods Inc. said on Thursday it will temporarily close an Iowa pork plant due to the coronavirus pandemic, a...
North Carolina Tyson Foods Plant Closes for COVID-19 Deep Clean After Worker Illnesses May 19, 2020 A poultry producer is temporarily closing a North Carolina plant for cleaning amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Tyson Foods spokesman Derek...
Midwest Meatpackers Cautiously Reopen Plants After Coronavirus Shutdown May 5, 2020 By Stephen Groves A South Dakota pork processing plant took its first steps toward reopening on May 4 after being shuttered for over...
Tyson Foods Halts Work at Large Iowa Pork Plant to Curb Coronavirus Spread April 23, 2020 Tyson Foods Inc. plans to indefinitely suspend operations at its largest pork plant in the United States to contain the...
4 Tyson Foods Poultry Workers in Georgia Die of Coronavirus April 21, 2020 By Russ Bynum Four employees of a major poultry producer’s operations in rural southwest Georgia have died after becoming infected with the coronavirus,...