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Good. We cannot shut down our food sources as well. Some want us to live without jobs, family, sun and more. Now some want to take away our food. Brilliant. K.A.F. Keep America Fed
Twenty meatpacking and processing workers have died from coronavirus, and at least 6,500 have been affected, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.
I don't believe this. Reporting unsubstantiated claims by a special interest group is irresponsible journalism.
These workers are likely minimum wage earners, and they have a family to support.
Are their lives cheaper or something? Like I said, if they want to work, we still need to figure out a way to keep them safe. Maybe handsanitizer everywhere, providing free face shield and masks for them, work short hours, and increase their pay by increase the price of meat. we all need to sacrifice a little. Gee, people.
If they don't want to work because they don't want to take unnecessary risks, then no one should force them to work.
Clearly, packing plants have become the next cruise ships in this health crises.
The difference is consumers choose to board cruise ships, for the fun (or whatever) but consumers don't have to work in a packing plant to get meat products for their own table. People have the luxury of purchasing various types of meat products, or not, and don't normally need them to live (there may be some medically based exceptions).
"Meatpacking plants have become incubators for the virus as employees work side-by-side in dangerous conditions. Twenty meatpacking and processing workers have died from coronavirus, and at least 6,500 have been affected, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.
At least 22 plants processing meat from pork to chicken have closed at some point after clusters of employees tested positive for Covid-19, according to UFCW."
I am uncertain about this. As long as vegetable and grain products are available no one is going to starve. I don't see why it is necessary to force workers to expose themselves to unsafe conditions. And who is going to take on the legal liability the companies will now face, the US taxpayers? ... so people can have their ground chuck and pork butt and chicken Kiev?
... And packing plants are not closing permanently by any means. The companies have to manage their assets safely and still return some kind of revenue, they need cash flow so they will reopen as soon as possible anyway.
I might be persuaded otherwise with sound arguments but right now I am not seeing this as a completely valid use of the Defense Production Act.
Good. I need my bacon. Test the workers continuously, pay them a bonus, and keep the livestock running down the chute.
These workers are likely minimum wage earners, and they have a family to support.
Are their lives cheaper or something? Like I said, if they want to work, we still need to figure out a way to keep them safe. Maybe handsanitizer everywhere, providing free face shield and masks for them, work short hours, and increase their pay by increase the price of meat. we all need to sacrifice a little. Gee, people.
If they don't want to work because they don't want to take unnecessary risks, then no one should force them to work.
All they have to do is call in Sick.
And meat packers make very good money. Probably big money with this going on.
Ironically, it's the people who seem to be all about limited government who are getting excited about the prospect of Trump forcing businesses to stay open. Pork chops >*, I guess.
The Govt is to provide PPE to the Packing Facilities.
Along with test kits, no doubt.
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