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Isabelle Papadimitriou was finally a grandma. The baby girl, Lua, was born in August 2019 in Brooklyn. Though Papadimitriou lived in Coppell and worked as a respiratory therapist in Dallas, she’d been able to visit her granddaughter in New York twice, and in June 2020, she was eager to visit again. “Lua was her everything; it was all about Lua,” says Fiana Tulip, Papadimitriou’s daughter and Lua’s mother. Then, COVID-19 cases spiked in Texas and the trip no longer felt safe. They called it off, and the 64-year-old Papadimitriou started to put in extra shifts at work instead. Later t...

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 j...

Meatpackers union argues Cargill undermined efforts in outbreak Marcy Nicholson, Bloomberg News VIDEO SIGN OUT 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 industry’s 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 Cargill’s actions du...

Photo: vodograj/shutterstock 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 indus...

January 16, 2021 - 11:00am Big Ag & Antitrust Conference: "Farmers & Workers" Pre-registration is required for this event. You will receive an email confirmation with the virtual event details after registering. Additional conference details and events can be found here.  Co-sponsored by The Law, Ethics, & Animals Program at Yale Law School.   About Leah Douglas 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...