poultry plants
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.
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.
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.
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.
November 1, 1983 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 11 No. 6, "Our Food." Find more from that issue here.
November 1, 1983 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 11 No. 6, "Our Food." Find more from that issue here.
