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Tyson Foods says it has suspended operations at its pork plant in Columbus Junction, Iowa, pictured in February 2013, after more than two dozen workers got sick with COVID-19.

Health & Safety

Meat Processing Plants Suspend Operations After Workers Fall Ill

2:08pm April 07, 2020

by Dan Charles

Several processing plants in the U.S. are sitting idle this week because workers are sick with the coronavirus. Other facilities are still operating, but fewer workers are showing up.

Chickens are carried through a poultry slaughterhouse on mechanical arms.

National

USDA Denies Poultry Industry's Request To Speed Up The Slaughter Line

1:53pm January 31, 2018

by Nicole Erwin

The National Chicken Council says a faster line speed would increase efficiency and modernize systems. Food safety advocates are calling the move a victory for both workers and consumers.

Poultry workers at major U.S. meat-processing plants are highly susceptible to repetitive-motion injuries, denied bathroom breaks and are most often immigrants and refugees.

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Health & Safety

Tyson Foods Promises Better Conditions And Safety For Meat Workers

2:36pm April 26, 2017

by Peggy Lowe

Meat-processing employs more than a half-million people. An investigation found they've got some of the most dangerous factory jobs in America and suffer from injury, low pay and lack of work breaks.