Poultry Processing Workers Act News Today

We are just days away from the clock striking midnight and it being 2024. With a new year, comes new changes and new laws...

Minnesota passed Senate File No 3035 amend Packinghouse Workers Bill of Rights, Warehouse Distribution Worker Safety law. Creates safety standards poultry and meat packing employees including pandemic precautions. Restricts warehouse employee quotas. Workers compensation.

On May 24, 2023, Governor Tim Walz signed Senate File No. 3035, which, among other provisions, amends the Packinghouse Workers Bill of Rights (Minn. Stat. § 179.86), creates new...

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UFCW Local 663 now represents more than 17,000 members in Minnesota, making it one of the largest UFCW local unions in the country.

A state budget that works for St. Cloud Rep. Dan Wolgamott The 2021-2022 Minnesota state budget is the most important in a generation as we work to help Minnesotans recover from the historic challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. I’m working with the Walz Administration and my legislative colleagues to pass a budget that fills the needs of St. Cloud. Last week, I held a Budget Listening Session with Revenue Commissioner Robert Doty to get direct feedback from my constituents on their pri...

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The proposal would add protections for meat and poultry processing plant employees. Written By: Leah Ward | × Worthingtons JBS pork processing plant, the communitys largest employer with approximately 2,200 workers, is shown April 14. (Tim Middagh/The Globe) ST. PAUL — When state lawmakers introduced new proposed legislation Wednesday morning that would improve safety in meat and poultry processing plants, local JBS union members were among the first to add their support. "Me...

New bill to improve meatpacking worker safety in Minnesota Union leaders say the health and safety of Minnesota meat packing workers has been put at greater risk during this pandemic. Posted: Jan 27, 2021 7:03 PM Updated: Jan 27, 2021 7:46 PM Posted By: Samantha Soto ROCHESTER, Minn. - Members of United Food And Commercial Workers Local 663, which represents more than 13,000 workers in grocery, retail, meatpacking, and other industries in Minnesota and Iowa, announced new legislation to impro...