Firm that Hired Kids to Clean Meat Plants Keeps Losing Work May 3, 2023 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The slaughterhouse cleaning company that was found to be employing more than 100 children to help...
Covid Hit at Least 59,000 Meat Workers in Pandemic’s First Year, Report Says October 27, 2021 By Mike Dorning and Megan Boyanton At least 59,000 meatpacking workers contracted the coronavirus in the first year of the pandemic as the virus rapidly spread...
Stung By Pandemic and JBS Cyberattack, U.S. Ranchers Build New Beef Plants June 17, 2021 By Tom Polansek U.S. cattle ranchers and investors are sinking hundreds of millions of dollars into new beef plants after temporary closures of...
Most U.S. Firms Hit With Covid-19 Safety Fines Aren’t Paying Up February 18, 2021 By Chris Kirkham and Benjamin Lesser U.S. workplace safety regulators have announced more than $4 million in penalties on more than 300 employers they say put...
Democrats Probe Tyson, Smithfield, OSHA Over Covid Outbreaks February 1, 2021 By Laura Davison A Democratic-led House panel is launching a probe into coronavirus outbreaks at meatpacking plants and whether the Occupational Safety and...
Meatpackers Deny Workers Benefits For Covid-19 Deaths, Illnesses September 29, 2020 By Tom Hals and Tom Polansek Saul Sanchez died in April, one of six workers with fatal COVID-19 infections at meatpacker JBS USA’s slaughterhouse in Greeley,...
OSHA Cites Smithfield Foods For Failing to Protect Workers From Coronavirus September 11, 2020 By Tom Polansek and P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO, Sept 10 — The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday it cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees...
U.S. Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Worker Safety at Smithfield Pork Plant May 6, 2020 By Daniel Wiessner A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a worker advocacy group’s lawsuit accusing Smithfield Foods Inc, the world’s largest pork processor,...
Tyson Bets on Robots to Fight Meat Industry Worker Shortage August 9, 2019 By Lydia Mulvany When you visit a meat plant, humans are completing tasks like stacking pallets and packing chicken drumsticks. But Tyson Foods...