Agriculture Department Readying Waivers to Address Pork Plants’ Processing Speed October 8, 2021 By Tom Polansek The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working on a proposal for a waiver system for hog plants forced by a...
Union Votes to Strike at S.D. Pork Plant That Had Big Virus Outbreak June 9, 2021 By Stephen Groves The union at a Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in South Dakota said it would head to contract negotiations armed...
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...
Union: 44 COVID-19 Deaths Among Meatpacking Workers June 5, 2020 At least 44 meatpacking workers in the U.S. have died from the new coronavirus and another 3,000 have tested positive,...
Owners Project Stop & Shop Strike Cost Company About $100M in Losses May 2, 2019 The owners of New England’s largest supermarket chain are projecting around $100 million in losses from the labor strike that...