*[Enwl-eng] The meat industry falsified documents - and 300 workers died

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                        Meat packing lobbyists intentionally forced workers. 
into COVID's line of fire.









                        American Meat Producers Knew Their Employees Could 
Die. They Lobbied to Keep Factories Open Anyway.



                        Sign Now




                        American meat corporations have bad reputations, and 
for good reason. These companies have reached near-supervillain status for 
their inhumane treatment of cattle, pigs, and chickens. Not only do animals 
that suffer in meat-packing plants — these corporations abuse their workers, 
too. New reports indicate that this industry quite literally doesn't care if 
its workers live or die, and it is time Congress did something about this. 
In fact, a new report by the U.S. Congress reveals that even when meat 
companies knew their workers were at extremely high risk of catching 
COVID-19, they lobbied to keep their plants open anyway.



                        These corporations even went so far as to fabricate 
letters that falsely claimed America's meat supply was at dire risk if 
plants temporarily shut down. As a result, former President Trump signed an 
executive order classifying meat plants as critical infrastructure, forcing 
their doors open amidst grave danger. Given what we know so far, upwards of 
59,000 meat-packing workers caught COVID-19, and nearly 300 died. That's not 
even counting the family, friends, and community members they spread COVID 
to after contracting it at the plants. On top of that, many meat-packing 
workers are immigrants, low-income, uninsured, or some combination of the 
three. These are communities that are already at an extremely high risk of 
contracting severe COVID, yet the industry decided profit was more important 
than human lives. The government must never allow this deadly manipulation 
to happen again. Sign the petition now to put pressure on Congress and tell 
it: all workers deserve dignity and protection! We must stand up to the meat 
industry now!




                 Thank you,

                        Miranda

                        Care2 Petitions Team



                        P.S. The industry has blood on its hands — both from 
the animals mistreated, and from the workers it pushed into the COVID 
frontline. Sign the petition.

                             Sign Now









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From: Miranda B., Care2 Action Alerts
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2022 11:17 AM
Subject: The meat industry falsified documents - and 300 workers died

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