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May 12, 2020

Meatpacking Union Condemns Reopening of Factories Amid Pandemic
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The United Food and Commercial Workers Union - the country's largest
meatpacking workers' union - is condemning the reopening of 14
meatpacking plants under a recent executive order by President Trump.
The union is calling for CDC coronavirus safety guidelines to be made
mandatory, as at least 30 meatpacking workers have died of COVID-19 and
over 10,000 have been exposed to or infected by the coronavirus. Many of
the meatpacking workers are immigrants.


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