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Labor activists urged lawmakers to protect agriculture workers better from coronavirus infections through government action, including vaccine access and federal rules.

Infection rates two-thirds lower than case rates in the meat and poultry sector in May 2020 Feedstuffs | Feb 25, 2021 New analysis of independent data show that reported new COVID-19 infection rates among meat and poultry workers are 60% lower than in the general U.S. population and two-thirds lower than case rates in the sector in May 2020.  According to data from the Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN), the meat and poultry sector was reported to have an average of 32.64 new ...

Learn how major companies like JBS and Tyson are rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine to its production workers.

South Africa registered a further 1,862 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the cumulative total to 1,507,448. A further 110 Covid-19-related deaths were reported, bringing the total to 49,523 deaths.

Shot Hailed as Super Effective; J&J Gets Big Win: Virus Update Bloomberg 2/24/2021 Bloomberg News © Bloomberg A healthcare worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination center at La Rural convention center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Argentine President Alberto Fernandez fired his health minister in an attempt to defuse a scandal over government allies having received preferential access to Covid-19 vaccinations. (B...

The shot made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE was overwhelmingly effective against the virus in a study, prompting experts to say that immunizations can end the pandemic. Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective, U.S. regulators said, a milestone toward giving Americans the first shot to work in a single dose.

‘Essential’ Workers Still Endangered by COVID-19 Biden and Congress must boost OSHA standards and enforcement to stifle the pandemic. More than a year into a pandemic that has killed nearly half a million Americans, millions of workers still toil in dangerous infection-spreading conditions, in hospitals and clinics, nursing homes, factories, supermarkets, and fields—perilously providing America’s food and health care in hazardous conditions. While there is no single source e...

Earlier this month, the United States House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis launched an investigation into the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on meatpacking workers.

US poultry plant workers complain of intimidation after fatal chemical leak Lewis Kendall © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP/Getty Meat plant workers who were injured and displaced after a fatal accident in the US last month are alleged to have been intimidated and offered limited medical care. A liquid nitrogen leak at a Foundation Food Group poultry plant in Gainesville, Georgia, killed six people in January and hospitalised at least 11 others. A co...

Union election in Alabama: Which way forward for Amazon workers? The 5,800 workers at the BHM1 Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, will soon vote on whether to accept representation by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), an affiliate of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). Mail-in voting will start February 8 and end March 29 with the tally expected the next day. On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rejected a motion by Amazon to delay...