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/ShutterstockMeat processing plant employees — many of whom are Black, Latinx, and immigrants — are facing exposure to the novel coronavirus while earning low wages and working in crowded conditions. Thethat several employees have tested positive for COVID-19 at meat plants, with more than 80 sick workers at one pork plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., and some have died in recent days.
Some plants have put into place social distancing measures, like installing barriers between workstations and spacing out employees on the floor. Others have offered financial incentives to keep workers coming back. In Camilla, Ga., Tyson offered plant workers a $500 bonus if they worked April through June without missing a single day.
But for some employees, it’s not worth risking their lives for a few extra hundred dollars and the federal government’s praise for essential workers who continue to “show up and do [their] job” to prevent hiccups in the food supply chain.TimesYou may be the biggest asshole in the world if you dangle a huge tip to lure an Instacart shopper to take your order, only to change the tip to zero post-delivery.
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