coronavirus
UFCW: Tyson rivals Smithfield in its disregard for workers
June 26, 2020LOGANSPORT, Ind.—The now-infamous Smithfield pork production plant in South Dakota apparently has a “rival” of sorts among food processing factories that have become coronavirus pandemic hotspots. Welcome to the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport,...
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As COVID-19 rages, America’s meatpacking workers battle for their lives
June 26, 2020Their sons and daughters, the Children of Smithfield, organize to save their parents, their children, and themselves.
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Obamacare upgrade: House Democrats roll out Affordable Care Act improvements bill
June 25, 2020Opinion polls show majority support for Medicare For All. That’s not what House Democratic leaders unveiled; instead they pledged to improve the ACA.
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U.S. coronavirus infection rate now highest since pandemic began
June 25, 2020No testing equals no infections? Trump regime completely turns its back on the American people, ends funding for 13 federal government testing sites across the country.
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Lack of accessible child care could cripple families and economic recovery
June 25, 2020Congress is spending trillions to keep businesses afloat. Are families less important?
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