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Confidential coronavirus outbreak data shows undisclosed incidents at prisons, workplaces, schools, meatpacking plants across Illinois
Newly obtained confidential statewide data shows that coronavirus outbreaks in workplaces, schools and prisons are driving Illinois’ rising cases — and many of these outbreaks have never been made public.
October 7, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/10/07/confidential-coronavirus-outbreak-data-shows-undisclosed-incidents-at-prisons-workplaces-schools-meatpacking-plants-across-illinois/A week before Trump’s order protecting meat plants, industry sent draft language to feds
Even as thousands of their employees fell ill with COVID-19, meatpacking executives pressured federal regulators to help keep their plants open, according to a trove of emails obtained by USA TODAY and The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting.
September 14, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/09/14/a-week-before-trumps-order-protecting-meat-plants-industry-sent-draft-language-to-feds/Bayer’s rejection of quick COVID-19 testing resulted in delayed isolation for migrant workers, officials say
At least eight migrant workers who were infected with COVID-19 waited several days before isolating because the company they worked for, Bayer, declined to pay for expedited tests, Champaign County health officials said.
August 31, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/08/31/bayers-rejection-of-quick-covid-19-testing-resulted-in-delayed-isolation-for-migrant-workers-officials-say/Amid price-fixing indictment for poultry processors, growers say they continue to struggle
While poultry processors have seen large profits, poultry growers — the farmers that care for the chickens while they’re maturing — have not shared in the wealth, current and former growers said.
July 10, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/07/10/amid-price-fixing-indictment-for-poultry-processors-growers-say-they-continue-to-struggle/‘All smoke and mirrors’: How Trump’s meatpacking order has failed to keep workers safe
Since the executive order, COVID-19 cases tied to meatpacking plants have skyrocketed from fewer than 5,000 at the time to more than 25,000 as of this week, according to tracking from the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. Rather than protecting workers, a half dozen experts and advocates said, the federal government is failing them.
June 18, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/06/18/all-smoke-and-mirrors-how-trumps-meatpacking-order-has-failed-to-keep-workers-safe/Cheap chicken, beef came at a cost. How American meat plants bred coronavirus hot spots.
The meatpacking industry has evolved into a marvel of modern efficiency, producing 105 billion pounds annually of poultry, pork, beef and lamb destined for dinner tables across America and the world. That’s nearly double what it produced three decades ago.
But its evolution came at a cost. The same features that allow a steady churn of cheap meat also provide the perfect breeding ground for airborne diseases like the coronavirus: a cramped workplace, a culture of underreporting illnesses, and a cadre of rural, immigrant and undocumented workers who share transportation and close living quarters.
May 22, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/05/22/cheap-chicken-beef-came-at-a-cost-how-american-meat-plants-bred-coronavirus-hot-spots/Trump executive order didn’t stop meat plant closures. Seven more shut in the past week.
A week after President Donald Trump attempted to prop up the nation's meat supply chain through an executive order, the industry remains hobbled by plant closures and production losses, USA TODAY and the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting found.
May 5, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/05/05/trump-executive-order-didnt-stop-meat-plant-closures-seven-more-shut-in-the-past-week/Lawsuit: Smithfield plant forced workers to crowd together as COVID-19 spread in its other plants
As more and more Smithfield workers in South Dakota fell ill with COVID-19, the company's workers at a Missouri plant contended with policies that made social distancing almost impossible, according to an affidavit from a plant worker filed in a lawsuit last week.
April 27, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/04/27/lawsuit-smithfield-plant-forced-workers-to-crowd-together-as-covid-19-spread-in-its-other-plants/USDA let poultry plants put workers close together even as they got sick from coronavirus.
As coronavirus cases mounted at meatpacking plants this month, the federal government granted 15 poultry processors waivers to cut chickens faster, usually by crowding more workers onto their production lines.
April 25, 2020 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/04/25/usda-let-poultry-plants-put-workers-close-together-even-as-they-got-sick-from-coronavirus/