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Report: At least 59K meat workers caught COVID-19, hundreds died
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OMAHA, Neb. - At least 59,000 meatpacking workers caught COVID-19 and 269 workers died when the virus tore through the industry last year, which is significantly more than previously thought, according to a new U.S.
House report released Wednesday.The meatpacking industry was one of the early epicenters of the coronavirus pandemic, with workers standing shoulder-to-shoulder along production lines.
The U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, which examined internal documents from five of the biggest meatpacking companies, said companies could have done more to protect their workers.The new estimate of infections in the industry is nearly three times higher than the 22,400 that the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.
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