CEOs Say America Is Running Out of Meat—While Shipping Ever More Pork Overseas
Koldunov/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Back in March, the coronavirus started triggering infection hotspots in and around meatpacking plants, sickening and killing workers. As local public health authorities pushed giant meat conglomerates to close infected facilities, industry executives warned that doing so was “pushing our country…
Republicans Keep Blaming Workers for Coronavirus Outbreaks at Meat Plants
andresr/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As the coronavirus ravages the country’s vast meatpacking facilities, infecting and killing workers and slowing production, US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has floated his interpretation of the catastrophe: It’s the workers’ fault. On an April 28 call, Azar “told…
“The Workers Are Being Sacrificed”: As Cases Mounted, Meatpacker JBS Kept People on Crowded Factory Floors
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On her phone, Crystal Rodriguez keeps a photo of her father hooked up to a ventilator. Nurses at the hospital sent her the image after he’d spent close to a month in the intensive care unit at UCHealth Medical Center of the…
Reopening a Restaurant Will Take a Lot More Than a Governor’s Order
Hildebrant’s Deli, which opened in 1879, in Augusta, Ga., Monday, April 6, 2020.Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For the last five years, John Gianoulidis satisfied Atlanta-area residents’ craving for Greek food with gyros and baklava from his two diners, both called Kafenio, and a…
How Is Your State Protecting Grocery Workers?
Employees wear masks and gloves while checking out food items behind a partition at a Trader Joe’s grocery store in Orlando, Florida.Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Last month, after the coronavirus began to transform the way Americans live and shop, Minnesota and Vermont classified…
Trump Moved to Ease the Farm Labor Shortage—While Also Trying to Cut Workers’ Pay
dmaroscar/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As the coronavirus lockdown settled in last month, the US government made a decision that sent shockwaves through the agriculture industry: It closed its embassy and consulates throughout Mexico. The move abruptly halted the issuance of new temporary-work permits, known as…