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. “If these companies believe they’re doing everything required of them to protect workers, yet workers continue getting sick and dying, then it’s clear that non-enforceable CDC guidance is not enough—the next coronavirus relief package must include an OSHA ETS to keep workers safe,” said Warren. “We also need to massively reform our broken food and farm system to give workers, farmers, and consumer real bargaining power.
The USDA and the major food plants have not commented on the UFCW lawsuit, but a spokesperson for the National Chicken Council, an industry lobbying group, said the faster line speeds have been deemed effective. But the UFCW, and other experts, disagree: “Federal and private research, as well as the experiences of poultry workers, show that an increase in work pace caused by faster line speeds increases the risk of injury to workers.
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