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Meatpacking plants have proven to be one of rural America’s worst vectors for spreading COVID-19.... (more)

The Department of Labor has finalized new rules that advocates say will limit farmworkers’ hourly... (more)

There are many ways in which agricultural labor—despite being difficult, dangerous, and necessary—is treated differently... (more)

The federal labor department’s Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it will fine Smithfield... (more)

On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom called the Central Valley “our biggest area of concern.”... (more)

In late June, prominent senators (and former presidential candidates) Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker opened... (more)

It isn’t just meatpacking plants that have been hotspots for COVID-19 to spread within the... (more)

Meatpacking plants have become a focus of the fight against COVID-19. Working in one of... (more)

You might assume that those workers designated as “essential” during the COVID-19 pandemic would be... (more)