Union says meatpacking workers should be vaccinated sooner
Hundreds of meatpacking workers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus but the union that represents many of them...
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CDC: Minorities affected much more in meatpacking outbreaks
A new report studying the impact of the coronavirus on workers in meat processing plants has found that 87% of people in...
The Latest: Germany works to tame meatpacking outbreak
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said “everything needs to be done” to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus...
Worker shortage concerns loom in immigrant-heavy meatpacking
The meat and poultry industry has historically relied on immigrant labor.
Healthy pigs being killed as meatpacking backlog hits farms
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to force the closure of meatpacking plants across the country, hog farmers have ha...
