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As COVID-19 Ravaged This Iowa City, Officials Discovered Meatpacking Executives Were the Ones in Charge Meatpacking was once a path to the middle class in Waterloo, where workers led the fight for civil rights. But by the time the pandemic hit, a transformed industry had assembled a workforce from the most vulnerable parts of the world. The stage had been set. By Michael Grabell and Bernice Yeung Photography by Taylor Glascock December 21, 2020 ProPublica is a no...

Posted December 18th, 2020 at 5:22am by Pat Rynard As a very, very long 2020 winds down to a close, I thought it would be good to take a look back at what Iowa Starting Line accomplished in our most successful year yet. One thing I don’t always do a good job of is publicly touting our successes — I’m always cautious about sounding self-serving or boasting. I think when your journalism work is out in public, it can speak for itself. However, the impact of Starting Line’s work is ofte...

Tyson fires 7 managers at Waterloo pork plant tied to alleged betting on how many workers COVID-19 would sicken Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register How pandemics like COVID-19 can affect meat shortages and price gauging Replay Video UP NEXT Tyson Foods on Wednesday fired seven managers at its Waterloo pork processing plant following an investigation into allegations that managers and supervisors made bets on the number of workers who would be sickened by the coronavirus. Ark...

Des Moines Register Tyson Foods on Wednesday fired seven managers at its Waterloo pork processing plant following an investigation into allegations that managers and supervisors made bets on the number of workers who would be sickened by the coronavirus. Arkansas-based Tyson last month hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate the gaming allegations after they were raised in wrongful death lawsuits filed by families of workers at the plant who died of COVID-19. The manag...