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Tag: meatpacking

Posted inCoronavirus, Graphic of the Week

GRAPHIC: Meatpacking workers still complain to OSHA about COVID-19

by Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting March 3, 2021January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inCoronavirus

OSHA and USDA waited months into pandemic to coordinate effort into COVID-19 crisis in meatpacking plants, emails show

by Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting February 5, 2021January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inGraphic of the Week

GRAPHIC: More meatpacking companies are using temporary visa labor

by Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting February 3, 2021January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inCoronavirus

COVID-19 deaths go uninvestigated as OSHA takes a hands-off approach to meatpacking plants

by Kyle Bagenstose and Rachel Axon, USA TODAY; Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting January 12, 2021January 15, 2021 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness, Coronavirus, COVID-19 and Meatpacking, Government

Plagued by COVID outbreaks, the meatpacking industry could be forced to change under Biden

by Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting; Rachel Axon and Kyle Bagenstose, USA Today November 20, 2020January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inCoronavirus

‘They think workers are like dogs.’ How pork plant execs sacrificed safety for profits.  

by Rachel Axon, Kyle Bagenstose and Kevin Crowe, USA TODAY; Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting November 11, 2020December 16, 2022 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inCoronavirus

Meatpacking workers say attendance policy forces them to work with potential Covid-19 symptoms

by Heather Schlitz, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting October 20, 2020January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness, Coronavirus, Graphic of the Week

GRAPHIC: Design of South Dakota meatpacking plant contributed to high number of COVID-19 cases, CDC says

by Pramod Acharya, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness

A week before Trump’s order protecting meat plants, industry sent draft language to feds

by Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, Kyle Bagenstose and Rachel Axon USA TODAY September 14, 2020January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness, Graphic of the Week, Labor

GRAPHIC: Industrialization has pushed out more and more chicken

by Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting September 9, 2020January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

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