Colorado Workers Protest Covid-19 Fine Issued to Meat Plant September 18, 2020 By Patty Nieberg DENVER — A union representing workers at a Colorado meatpacking plant where six workers died of COVID-19 and hundreds more...
As U.S. Auto Supply Chain Revs Up, Worker Safety Fears Linger in Mexico May 6, 2020 By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY — Workers at a Lear Corp autoparts plant in northern Mexico that saw the worst known coronavirus outbreak...
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...
JBS Reopens Pork Plant to Put Down Pigs, Dispose Of Carcasses, Not Produce Meat April 30, 2020 By Tom Polansek CHICAGO, April 29 — Meat producer JBS said on Wednesday it was reopening a Minnesota pork plant shuttered by the...
Amazon Exec Called Fired Worker ‘Not Smart’ in Leaked Memo April 3, 2020 By Spencer Soper and Matt Day A senior Amazon.com Inc. executive called a fired Staten Island warehouse worker “not smart or articulate” in internal discussions about...
Amazon Hires 80,000, Adds Safety Precautions at Warehouses April 2, 2020 By Matt Day Amazon.com Inc. said it has hired 80,000 people to help meet demand for online orders from people hunkered down during...
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...
Study: Little Asbestos Found After Detroit House Demolitions March 31, 2020 By Corey Williams Cost-savings and public safety benefits by swiftly demolishing dangerous vacant houses in Detroit could outweigh the risk of asbestos exposure...
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...
Samsung, Workers to End Standoff on Workers’ Deaths July 26, 2018 By YOUKYUNG LEE Samsung Electronics and a group representing ailing Samsung computer chip and display factory workers said Tuesday they have agreed to...