Unsafe Working Conditions at Meat Packing Plants
Meat processing plant workers fear for their safety
Trump signed an executive order to keep meat processing plants open through the pandemic, despite union concerns for workers’ safety. One organization says that 20 workers have died from the coronavirus. Over 20 facilities have already closed due to infections or fear of infections, leading to concerns of a meat supply shortage.
Meat Processing Plants Prove Particularly Vulnerable To Coronavirus
Rachel Maddow looks at a trend in meat processing plants, particularly in the Midwest, but all over the United States having a hard time controlling the spread of coronavirus among their employees, and in some cases having to shut down operations entirely. Aired on 04/20/2020.
Workers Voice Concerns As Meat Plant Re-Opens Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Kim Cordova, president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, talks with Rachel Maddow about the concerns of workers at a JBS meat processing plant in Colorado where five employees have already died from COVID-19. Aired on 4/27/2020.
Meat Plants Become COVID-19 Hotspots After Poor Handling Of Outbreaks
Rachel Maddow looks at how inadequate response at the federal, state, local, and facility levels to outbreaks of coronavirus cases in meat processing plants around the United States have turned those plants into sources of community spread. Aired on 4/27/2020.
COVID-19 Crisis Deepens As Iowa Meat Plant Presses Return To Work
Sheriff Tony Thompson of Black Hawk County, Iowa, talks with Rachel Maddow about his frustration with the Tyson meat plant that is at the center of a major coronavirus outbreak, and the state and federal leadership that is pushing a dangerous re-open agenda that further imperils his community. Aired on 04/29/2020.
Under Trump, Formerly Stalwart CDC Goes Soft On Meat Plants
Rachel Maddow looks at how the CDC’s guidance on worker safety against COVID-19 infection in meat processing plants appears distinctly, and unusually, less forceful than CDC guidance has been in other situations in different presidential administrations. Aired on 04/28/2020.
Governors from REPUBLICAN Red States tell workers they’ll lose unemployment benefits if they refuse to return to jobs
Governor Kim Reynolds threatens no unemployment benefits if Meat processing plant workers quit
How To Keep Meat Packing Plants Safe During Pandemic
United Food and Commercial Workers Union International President Marc Perrone joins Morning Joe to discuss the surge in coronavirus cases among workers in U.S. meat packing plants. Aired on 05/26/2020.
