Politicians Discuss Meat Packing Plants After Outbreaks of Coronavirus
Sunday, May 10th, 2020 -- 9:11 AM
(AP) -As coronavirus hotspots erupted at major U.S. meatpacking plants, experts criticized extremely tight working conditions that made the factories natural high risk contagion locations.But some Midwestern politicians have pointed the finger at the workers’ living conditions, suggesting crowded homes bear some blame. The comments, including a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice’s remark that an outbreak didn’t seem to have come from “regular folks,” outraged workers and advocates who slammed them as elitist and critical of immigrants, who make up a big share of America’s meatpacking workforce.
And the remarks stood in contrast to public U.S. outpourings of gratitude for other essential workers like police officers, health care professionals and grocery store workers.
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