Wayne Farms workers protest for better pay
“Like a shot to the gut.” That’s what one Wayne’s Farm union worker said he felt upon hearing workers would get a $1.10 per hour raise if a proposed contract
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“Like a shot to the gut.” That’s what one Wayne’s Farm union worker said he felt upon hearing workers would get a $1.10 per hour raise if a proposed contract
/PRNewswire/ -- Wayne Farms LLC, a subsidiary of Continental Grain Company, announced today that on October 17, 2021, it completed the sale of its Fresh...
9,000 employees sick as COVID overwhelms Arkansas workplaces By MARY HENNIGAN, ABBY ZIMMARDI AND RACHELL SANCHEZ-SMITH/The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism May 12, 2021 GMT SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — Poultry giant Tyson Foods Inc., the third-largest employer in Arkansas, reported 2,866 COVID-19 cases at its workplaces, nearly one-third of the state’s 9,065 sickened workers across all industries from May 19, 2020, to April 8, 2021, according to an Arkansascovid.com analysis of Arkansas Department of Health data. The state health department publishes COVID-19 occupational illness rep...
( Editor's Note: This story was produced by the University of Arkansas journalists in collaboration with the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland. The Howard Center is an initiative of the Scripps Howard Foundation in honor of the late news industry executive and pioneer, Roy W. Howard. It was distributed by The Associated Press.) SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — Poultry giant Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale, the third-largest employer in Arkansas, reported 2,866 COVID-19 cases at its workplaces, nearly one-third of the state’s 9,065 sickened workers across all ...