Labor

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)

Meatpacking plants have been declared essential, but they’ve also proven to be disastrously fertile contagion... (more)

Meatpacking plants have proven to be some of the country’s worst hotspots for the spread... (more)

Picking crops shoulder-to-shoulder and sleeping in crowded barracks of 10 to 20 people have long... (more)

Mike Johanns thinks the pandemic could change a lot for agriculture.  The former USDA secretary... (more)

In the week following President Donald Trump’s executive order forcing meat processing plants to reopen,... (more)

On Friday, the USDA issued a statement applauding 14 major meatpacking plants, across the country,... (more)

Meatpacking plants have become one of the most dangerous places to work in America during... (more)