Meatpacking plants have been deadly COVID-19 hot spots – but policies that encourage workers to show up sick are legal
- Written by Ruqaiijah Yearby, Professor of Law, Saint Louis University
Nearly 1,000 workers at this Smithfield Foods pork-processing plant in South Dakota contracted COVID-19 between mid-March and mid-April 2020. Kerem Yucel / AFP via Getty ImagesWorking in meatpacking plants has always been dangerous. A recent study shows that it became deadlier in the era of COVID-19, even as company profits soared.
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