Unions are not happy, calling for workers’ to be protected. FMTNews Tyson DonaldTrump
Executive order will protect companies like Tyson from liability in case employees contract virus while working.
The order is designed in part to give companies legal cover with more liability protection in case employees catch the virus as a result of having to go to work. “Such closures threaten the continued functioning of the national meat and poultry supply chain, undermining critical infrastructure during the national emergency,” the order said.
UFCW, the largest US meat-packing union, demanded that the administration compel meat companies to provide “the highest level of protective equipment” to slaughterhouse workers and ensure daily coronavirus testing. “When poultry plants shut down, it’s for deep cleaning and to save workers’ lives. If the administration had developed meaningful safety requirements early on as they should have and still must do, this would not even have become an issue,” Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, said in a statement.
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