(A woman shops in the chicken and meat section at a grocery store, April 28, 2020 Washington, DC. Photo by Drew Angerer via Getty Images.) Last week a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was released that detailed an investigation into the Smithfield Foods pork plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where over 1,100 workers
it's no surprise they get to do what they want to workers; even as far back as the 1980s, when i was a reporter in DC and familiar with the industry through colleagues, meatpacking companies fought hard against unions and better working conditions
note that more than 40 languages are spoken at the one plant: this is an industry that relies on immigrant labor and if the immigrants are no legal entries, they have even less power vs. the company
anyway, trumputin just wants to be sure he has a steady supply of McDonald's products to satiate his diminished ego until the election
Bottom line we're all expendable. Workers are not cared for/about. As long as that bottom line stays in the black, that is all that matters. There will probably be a break in the food chain and it will get very scary, more so than now. It would be wonderful if we had leadership in this country. Stay safe everyone.
“ we might miss a piece of meat” when tons are going through the line. I stand with the workers on this 100% Vegetarian is looking good. Thank you Amee its more than the food chain it’s people’s lives
"One of the first moves should have been to protect the food supply, which means protecting the people who work to produce food for all of us."
EXACTLY. And mark my words, we WILL eventually face food shortages because of the decisions that were made.
under trumputin, FDA has adopted a deregulation strategy (well, frankly, the trumputin administration* has adopted the strategy across the board) so that the products we now buy are inspected less frequently and efficiently, and it has suspended all inspections b/c of the coronavirus: https://www.eater.com/2020/3/23/21191632/fda-routine-food-surveillance-inspections-suspended-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic
it's no surprise they get to do what they want to workers; even as far back as the 1980s, when i was a reporter in DC and familiar with the industry through colleagues, meatpacking companies fought hard against unions and better working conditions
note that more than 40 languages are spoken at the one plant: this is an industry that relies on immigrant labor and if the immigrants are no legal entries, they have even less power vs. the company
anyway, trumputin just wants to be sure he has a steady supply of McDonald's products to satiate his diminished ego until the election
Bottom line we're all expendable. Workers are not cared for/about. As long as that bottom line stays in the black, that is all that matters. There will probably be a break in the food chain and it will get very scary, more so than now. It would be wonderful if we had leadership in this country. Stay safe everyone.
“ we might miss a piece of meat” when tons are going through the line. I stand with the workers on this 100% Vegetarian is looking good. Thank you Amee its more than the food chain it’s people’s lives
I gotta say it’s nice to
Wake up to Shero not a lot of blather ! Thank you Amee
smithfiekd, outside of charlotte, nc has a lake that now runs red, along with teen girls, getting thyroid cancer. teens don't get thyroid cancer.