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Meatpacking companies said their plants needed to stay open, warning that the U.S. faced a severe meat shortage. At least 89 meatpacking workers died
It was a fake meat shortage. Turns out American meatpackers shipped a record amount of pork to China. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/business/meat-industry-china-pork.html?smid=tw-share
It was a fake meat shortage. Turns out American meatpackers shipped a record amount of pork to China. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/business/meat-industry-china-pork.html?smid=tw-share
. @mattdpearce: Our country sacrificed the lives of meat workers to protect the business of meat companies. https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/1272956651503378432
ALSO THIS >> The European Union’s meatpacking industry has 2/3 the workers of the U.S. industry
In the U.S., 24,715 meatpacking workers have caught Covid-19. In Europe meatpacking 2,670
In US, at least 86 meatpacking deaths—In Europe, 4 deaths. https://www.motherjones.com/food/2020/06/meatpacking-plants-covid-hotspots-europe-regulations-line-speed/
In the U.S., 24,715 meatpacking workers have caught Covid-19. In Europe meatpacking 2,670
In US, at least 86 meatpacking deaths—In Europe, 4 deaths. https://www.motherjones.com/food/2020/06/meatpacking-plants-covid-hotspots-europe-regulations-line-speed/
As Upton Sinclair wrote, it's a Jungle out there when it comes to the meatpacking industry's morals (or lack thereof)
Iowa official's email about a meatpacking plant with over 250 Covid-19 cases: “SHUT IT DOWN...They will keep going until all of their employees have this virus. They would rather risk their employees’ health and keep their production going”
https://www.propublica.org/article/emails-reveal-chaos-as-meatpacking-companies-fought-health-agencies-over-covid-19-outbreaks-in-their-plants?utm_source=pardot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter&utm_content=feature
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