poultry plants

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.