Photo credit: Getty Images Workers in food distribution, production, and logistics who are employed by temporary staffing agencies and other subcontractors should be prioritized for early access to the COVID-19 vaccine alongside other food system workers, argues a new report focused on the Chicago labor force. States are generally planning to allocate the vaccine to agricultural, grocery, and other food system workers in the first or early second phase of distribution. Workers and advocates with Warehouse Workers for Justice (WWJ), Chicago Workers’ Collaborative (CWC), and other groups said in a press conference Tuesday that public health departments must play an active role in ensuring that subcontracted food processing workers aren’t left behind.