Judge rejects rule that let pork plants speed up production
Union officials praised Wednesday s ruling because they say faster line speeds at pork plants increase the risk of injuries for workers. Author: JOSH FUNK (Associated Press) Published: 10:40 AM CDT April 1, 2021 Updated: 10:40 AM CDT April 1, 2021
OMAHA, Neb. A federal judge has thrown out a rule allowing pork plants to speed up production lines because the U.S. Department of Agriculture didn t properly consider the risks to workers.
The judge in Minnesota ruled Wednesday that the agency s Food Safety and Inspection Service didn t follow proper procedures before President Donald Trump s administration issued the rule in 2019. The lawsuit was filed by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union along with local unions in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and Oklahoma and the nonprofit consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.
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Fired Tyson boss says COVID office pool was a morale boost
Officials said last May that more than 1,000 Tyson workers tested positive for the virus, which hospitalized several and killed at least six. Author: RYAN J. FOLEY (Associated Press) Published: 1:54 PM EST December 28, 2020 Updated: 10:37 PM EST December 28, 2020
IOWA CITY, Iowa One of the Tyson Foods managers fired for betting on how many workers would contract COVID-19 at an Iowa pork plant said the office pool was spontaneous fun and intended to boost morale.
Don Merschbrock, a former night manager at the plant in Waterloo, Iowa, said he was speaking in an attempt to show that the seven fired supervisors are “not the evil people” that Tyson has portrayed.