Confirmation of aerosol transmission of COVID-19 has implications for worker safety

Brazil: Broad mobilization defeats push to eliminate key health and safety protection for meat workers

IUF COVID-19 Demands: Meat and Poultry processing

UFCW wins breakthrough agreement with Cargill

Over 7,000 Cargill workers who are members of UFCW Locals 2, 293 and 540 recently ratified strong, new contracts that...

UFCW calls on U.S. Congress to slow production speeds in meatpacking plants

The UFCW has called on the U.S. Congress to immediately pass the Safe Line Speeds in COVID-19 ACT introduced in...

Germany: NGG says voluntarism has failed, demands strict regulation and enforcement to tackle abusive conditions behind coronavirus outbreaks in meat processing

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Meat and poultry workers in the center of a global coronavirus hotspot

The North American meat industry, with its giant plants concentrating thousands of workers and intense line speeds, has generated particular...

Unions demand enforceable safety standards as US President Trump orders meat plants to remain open

A US executive order issued on April 28 declares meat and poultry processing plants 'critical infrastructure' and enjoins state and...

UFCW wins agreement on improved protection, conditions at JBS

Against a background of mass COVID-19 infections of meat processing workers and resulting plant shutdowns, the IUF-affiliated UFCW has reached...

Vion workers to take further action over pay

Unite Meatworkers To Take Strike Action At Vion Foods