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Advocates have said safety measures need to be enforceable in order to protect workers. Without the feds, some states have stepped in and done so.
December 16, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/12/16/without-federal-oversight-some-states-protect-workers-from-covid-19-others-shield-businesses-from-lawsuits/USA TODAY and the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting spent five months piecing together the pivotal moments in the Triumph Foods outbreak, interviewing more than a dozen current and former workers and examining thousands of pages of government records.
November 11, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/11/11/they-think-workers-are-like-dogs-how-pork-plant-execs-sacrificed-safety-for-profits/En abril, a pesar de su fiebre, un trabajador de la industria de las empacadoras de carne continuó extrayendo los huesos del cuello de los cerdos en una planta de la compañía JBS en Iowa.
Dos semanas después, dio positivo a Covid-19. Pero mientras tanto, dijo, siguió marcando su entrada debido a un sistema de asistencia sancionador bastante común en las plantas : el sistema de puntos.
October 23, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/10/23/empleados-de-la-industria-carnica-aseguran-que-la-politica-de-asistencia-los-obliga-a-trabajar-con-posibles-sintomas-de-covid-19/In April, despite his fever, a meatpacking worker continued to carve neck bones out of pig carcasses at a JBS plant in Iowa.
Two weeks later, he would test positive for COVID-19. But in the meantime, he said, he kept clocking in because of a punitive attendance system widely used in meatpacking plants: the point system.
October 20, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/10/20/meatpacking-workers-say-attendance-policy-forces-them-to-work-with-potential-covid-19-symptoms/Un día de junio, el teléfono de María Romero sonó, al contestar escuchó la aterradora respiración entrecortada de su madre.
La trabajadora de la planta avícola de Arkansas, de 59 años, con un susurro débil le dijo a su hija que había sido llevada de urgencia a la sala de emergencias, donde le diagnosticaron COVID-19. María Romero apenas podía entender las palabras, pero sabía que su madre se encontraba asustada y confundida.
“Ella sabía que algo andaba mal, pero no sabía qué estaba pasando,'' dijo Romero, de 36 años. “Podía percibir que estaba asustada.”
September 30, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/09/30/plantas-avicolas-de-arkansas-luchan-contra-el-covid-19-los-trabajadores-hispanos-enfrentan-lo-peor/Maria Romero’s mother is among at least 4,627 Arkansas poultry workers to have been infected by COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. More than half of them, like Romero’s mother, are Hispanic.
August 31, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/08/31/arkansas-poultry-plants-are-struggling-with-covid-19-hispanic-workers-are-facing-the-worst-of-it/The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting is an independent, nonprofit newsroom devoted to educating the public about crucial issues in the Midwest with a special focus on agribusiness and related topics such as government programs, environment and energy.
May 4, 2010 | https://investigatemidwest.org/about/The program recently entered its third round of funding.
October 8, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/10/08/usda-continues-to-fund-companies-with-no-food-service-experience-to-help-feed-needy-families/Traducido por Beatriz Oliva
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Pedro Cabrera Flores, de 70 años, pasó los últimos ocho veranos empacando ejotes en latas, en la ciudad de Gillett en el estado de Wisconsin.
September 23, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/09/23/con-pocas-medidas-de-proteccion-ante-el-covid-19-los-trabajadores-agricolas-se-enfrentan-a-una-dura-decision-salvaguardar-sus-vidas-o-conservar-la-estabilidad-financiera/Some states have enforced rules to prevent COVID-19's spread among farmworkers, but the federal government hasn't done so, leaving many workers unprotected, advocates said.
September 21, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/09/21/with-no-guaranteed-protections-from-covid-19-agricultural-workers-face-tough-decision-protect-their-lives-or-retain-financial-security/