MO Group Receives Grant to Support Immigrant Refugee Meat Plant Workers / Public News Service

An organization in rural Missouri is getting a funding boost to empower workers at meat-processing plants, especially immigrants and refugees, and help them advocate for themselves. The Rural Community Workers Alliance, (RCWA) based in Milan near the Smithfield plant, said it will use a new Rapid Response grant from the HEAL Food Alliance to organize workers, make sure they know their rights in the workplace and advocate for policies that hold companies accountable. Axel Fuentes, executive director of the RCWA said ironically, many food industry workers struggle to afford to feed their own families. ...

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