Tyson Suspends 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...
Infections Near U.S. Meat Plants Rise at Twice National Rate May 12, 2020 By Mike Dorning, Dominic Carey and Dave Merrill The coronavirus spread at more than twice the national rate in U.S. counties with major meatpacking plants in the first...
Pandemic Job Actions May Push Renewed Labor Movement April 30, 2020 By Nicholas Riccardi and Dee-Ann Durbin Jordan Flowers never thought he would become a labor leader. Then the coronavirus forced him to risk his life every...
Trump Order for Meat Processing Plants to Stay Open Eases Plant Owner’s Liability Fears April 29, 2020 By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to order U.S. meat processing plants facing concerns about coronavirus outbreaks to stay open...
North America Meat Plant Workers Fall Ill, Walk Off Jobs April 14, 2020 By Tom Polansek and Rod Nickel At a Wayne Farms chicken processing plant in Alabama, workers recently had to pay the company 10 cents a day...
An Uproar Among Workers Who Supply the World’s Meat Is Spreading April 2, 2020 By Jen Skerritt A growing number of workers who are crucial to supplying the world with meat are demanding that their companies do...
Threat of Sick Workers at U.S. Meat Plants Forces Policy Changes March 20, 2020 By Deena Shanker and Lydia Mulvany In shelter-in-place America, people have been filling their freezers full of meat just in case. Meanwhile, at the plants where...