WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate health and labor committee, and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and a group of 28 Democratic Senators to raise […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today raised new concerns about the Trump administration’s Executive Order pressuring meat processing plants to open without verifying the necessary safety measures to protect workers and the food supply. The […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As coronavirus hotspots erupted at major U.S. meatpacking plants, experts criticized extremely tight working conditions that made the factories natural high risk contagion locations. But some Midwestern politicians have pointed the finger […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic continues to force the closure of meatpacking plants across the country, hog farmers have had to respond quickly to a rapidly growing backlog of animals in […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Dozens of U.S. meat-processing plants have been forced to close temporarily as the industry struggles to contain the spread of the coronavirus among employees who often stand side-by-side while cutting and […]
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