Updates to food processing, ag worker labor laws clear key committee - Session Daily - Minnesota House of Representatives
state.mn.us - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from state.mn.us Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Omnibus labor and industry bill approved on party-line vote - Session Daily - Minnesota House of Representatives
state.mn.us - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from state.mn.us Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Created: January 27, 2021 01:38 PM
State lawmakers and meatpacking workers from Worthington, St. Cloud and Austin announced new proposed legislation on Wednesday to improve safety on the job for the workers employed by meatpacking and food processing plants.
The proposal would provide paid leave to all meat and poultry processing workers to recuperate from an illness, injury or to care for an ill family member.
The Minnesota Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers Act is authored by Rep. Dan Wolgamott (DFL-St. Cloud).
“When COVID-19 first hit Central Minnesota in the spring of 2020, I heard heartbreaking and horrifying stories from my constituents about the unhealthy working conditions at meat processing plants that were jeopardizing the health and financial well being of their families,” Wolgamott said in a statement. “That’s why I’m introducing the Minnesota Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers Act, which provides comp