Hundreds of Meat and Poultry Workers Sick from COVID-19
Numerous poultry and meat processing plants around the country have reported employee deaths and illnesses related to coronavirus. Smithfield Foods shut down a South Dakota plant after 350 workers fell ill with the virus.
Conditions across the country are bleak as numerous processing plants report illnesses and deaths. According to research from Truthout, half of South Dakota’s infections are traced back to the Smithfield Foods’ plant. In Pennsylvania, 130 workers at a Cargill Meat Solutions plant tested positive and a union steward at a JBS Beef plant died of coronavirus infection.
