poultry plants

House subcommittee finds more COVID in meatpacking plants than previously known

By Olivia Paschal

November 12, 2021 - A report by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis found there were three times as many COVID-19 cases and deaths among workers at the five largest meatpacking companies in the pandemic's first year as previously known. But at a recent hearing on the report, most Republican lawmakers spent their time calling for an investigation into the pandemic's origins.

Emails show Tyson's sway over Arkansas mayor during COVID surge in plants

By Olivia Paschal

February 5, 2021 - Documents obtained by Facing South show the meatpacking giant's director of state and local government affairs smearing a local worker safety advocate, and how the company worked with local government officials to control the narrative about COVID-19 outbreaks in their plants.

As COVID-19 hit Georgia meatpacking counties, officials and industry shifted blame

By Sandy Smith-Nonini Olivia Paschal

September 8, 2020 - For months the official line has been that spread happens in the community, not in the plant. The numbers tell a different story.

Families of Tyson workers with COVID-19 condemn company's labor practices

By Olivia Paschal

June 24, 2020 - As novel coronavirus cases rise in poultry plants near the meat-processing giant's headquarters in Northwest Arkansas, family members of workers say the company takes better care of their chickens than they do their employees.