Report: At least 59,000 meat workers caught COVID last year, and 269 died
The new estimate of infections in the meatpacking industry is nearly three times higher than the number the United Food and Commercial Workers Union has said were infected.
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The new estimate of infections in the meatpacking industry is nearly three times higher than the number the United Food and Commercial Workers Union has said were infected.
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