COVID death of Original Philly Cheesesteak supervisor triggers a lawsuit against meatpacking giant Sam Wood, The Philadelphia Inquirer © TIM TAI/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS The Original Philly Cheesesteak Co. plant on East Hunting Park Avenue in North Philadelphia,
On April 2, Brian Barker’s supervisors at the Original Philly Cheesesteak Co. plant in North Philadelphia handed him an electronic thermometer. He was ordered to scan the temperatures of his fellow employees as they arrived for work.
For Barker, 61, of Northeast Philadelphia, it would be his last day on the job.
The next day, plant owner Tyson Foods temporarily closed the 250-employee facility because of COVID-19. Barker was diagnosed with COVID-19 on April 7. And by April 23, he was dead from the virus. “He said goodbye to his family on Zoom,” said his family’s lawyer, Jeffrey Goodman.
COVID-19 death of Original Philly Cheesesteak supervisor triggers a lawsuit against meatpacking giant
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Meatpackers union argues Cargill undermined efforts in outbreak
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Cargill Inc. is facing accusations at a Canadian hearing that it undermined union leaders trying to protect workers at an Alberta beef plant during one of the industryâs worst Covid-19 outbreaks.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401 is making its case as hearings continue this week with the Alberta Labour Relations Board, days after a police investigation into a COVID-19 death of a plant employee last May brought renewed attention to Cargillâs actions during last yearâs outbreak at its High River facility. Hearings with the provincial agency started in the middle of last year.
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Sarah Reinhardt, Senior Analyst, Food Systems and Health | January 15, 2021, 11:57 am EDT This post is a part of a series on
When President-elect Biden takes office next week, his fledgling team must begin to right a mountain of wrongs as the pandemic continues to rage. The previous administration’s nearly endless list of failures and sabotage has brought about many injustices, and among them is the dire situation of workers in the nation’s meat and poultry industries. These essential workers have faced life-threatening conditions, with few or no safeguards, for the duration of the COVID crisis.
The COVID relief proposal released yesterday by the president-elect would be a good start. In addition to expanding paid sick and family medical leave and emergency paid leave, the proposal calls for a new COVID-19 Protection Standard (also known as a Eme
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Leah Douglas is a staff writer and associate editor at the Food and Environment Reporting Network, an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Leah’s reporting has been published in the Guardian, the Nation, the Washington Post, Mother Jones, NPR, and other outlets. Leah has been interviewed on numerous podcasts and radio shows, and her work has been cited in dozens of print and television media outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, AP, the Atlantic, Politico, Univision, and NBC Nightly News. Leah has presented her research and reporting at many conferences and universities, including at Yale University
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