NEW: Pres. Trump to sign executive order to keep meat processing plants open under Defense Production Act.
supply operations stay open" and second,"from a liability standpoint, we will issue guidance coming from [the Department of Labor] that will provide additional liability protections."Trump told reporters on Tuesday he would be signing the order, but didn’t provide many details.
President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 28, 2020.MORE: Trump declares testing won't be a 'problem at all,' health experts say it's not nearly enough Trump was referring to Tyson Food Inc, which suspended operations of its largest pork production plant last week. Smithfield Foods, Inc. has also suspended operations at some of their plants.The Tyson Foods pork plant is seen, April 22, 2020, in Perry, Iowa.Government officials in the Midwest had been urging the administration to use the Defense Production Act to deem the plants critical.
According to a press release Tuesday from the United Foods and Commercial Workers International Union, at least 20 meatpacking and food processing workers have been confirmed dead and"at least 5,000 meatpacking workers and 1,500 food processing workers have been directly impacted by the virus."
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