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Meatpacking Plants Idled, Workers Sent Home As Pandemic Rages In North America
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12/17/2020 The biggest U.S. meat processor, Tyson Foods, said on Wednesday that it had fired seven management employees at its hog slaughter plant in Waterloo, Iowa, following allegations that plant manager Tom Hart had organized a betting pool over how many of the plant’s employees would become ill with COVID-19. The dismissals resulted from an outside investigation, financed by Tyson, into the allegations, which were part of a lawsuit filed by the family of a Waterloo worker who died of the disease. More than 1,000 employees, about a third of the workforce at the plant, eventually contracted COVID-19, and at least five of them died. The family of Isidro Fernandez filed a wrongful death suit against Tyson, accusing it of “disregard for workplace safety.” The lawsuit said the meatpacker had ordered employees to work during the early stages of the pandemic and at the same time there was a winner-take-all pool over how many illnesses would occur.
Tyson fires seven managers after investigation into COVID-19 betting ring
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New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer is calling for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate Tyson Foods for making misleading disclosures to investors by flagrantly misrepresenting its poor pandemic response. Stringer asked for the probe in a letter sent to the SEC Tuesday.
As comptroller, Stringer is investment advisor and a trustee of the five New York City Retirement Systems, which are substantial long-term Tyson shareholders. He said the company s 10-K form was misleading and inaccurate because it didn t assure investors that issues reported earlier this year are a thing of the past.
Early on in the pandemic, Tyson and other major meat companies were criticized for waiting too long to implement safety precautions and to close processing plants as thousands tested positive for coronavirus. A Tyson spokesperson said in an email that the company has not yet reviewed Stringer s documentation, but referred to a release that outli
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For months, food companies and trade groups have been sending letters and lobbying state and federal officials to secure vaccine prioritization for food workers in manufacturing plants. Worker absenteeism remains a concern in manufacturing facilities, posing a threat to the maintenance of consistent inventories of life-sustaining products, Michael Gruber, vice president of regulatory and government affairs at the Consumer Brands Association, wrote in a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Without early vaccinations, the CPG sector risks the absence of skilled workers due to illness and the subsequent negative impacts on the supply chain.
Last Friday night, the FDA granted emergency authorization to Pfizer and BioNTech s coronavirus vaccine, and the first doses of the vaccine arrived on Monday. Then on Tuesday, the FDA cleared the path for the second vaccine, made by Moderna, to be authorized.
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