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September 16, 2020

Meatpacking Executives Drafted Trump's Order to Keep Plants Open Amid Pandemic
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The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration
is facing criticism for fining a JBS beef plant in Greeley, Colorado,
under $16,000 after six workers - all immigrants - died at the plant
from COVID-19. Nearly 300 workers became infected. One family of a
deceased worker described the small fine as a "huge slap in the face."
Last year JBS reported over $50 billion in revenue.

Meanwhile, Pro Publica has obtained emails showing the text of President
Trump's controversial executive order keeping meatpacking plants open
during the pandemic was based largely on language written by the meat
industry.


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