hispanic workers

Arkansas poultry industry

Arkansas poultry plants are struggling with COVID-19. Hispanic workers are facing the worst of it.

By Heather Schlitz, The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | August 31, 2020

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.