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MEDIA
2020

March 28: ProPublica - What Happens If Workers Cutting Up the Nation’s Meat Get Sick?

April 1: The Wall Street Journal - U.S. Plant Workplaces Emerge as Coronavirus Battlegrounds

April 5: Arkansas Democrat Gazette - Meatpacking workers stay on line in state

April 10: Payday Report - Immigrant Meatpackers Fightback Against Intimidation & Death Traps

April 14: The Guardian - US food workers are in danger. That threatens all of us

April 14: Mother Jones - Workers Churning Out America’s Favorite Meat Fear for Their Safety

April 14: Democracy Now! - “Terrified to Go to Work”: Hundreds of Workers in Meat & Poultry Plants Test Positive for COVID-19

April 17: The Guardian - Venceremos’ Story: 'If one of us gets sick, we all get sick': the food workers on the coronavirus front line
April 17: Civil Eats - Poor Conditions at Meatpacking Plants Have Long Put Workers at Risk. The Pandemic Makes it Much Worse

April 22: KNWA (local) - 170+ NWA employees demand change at Tyson Foods’ facilities amid COVID-19

April 30: Civil Eats - Magaly Licolli Op-Ed: As Tyson Claims the Food Supply is Breaking, Its Workers Continue to Suffer

April 30: ABC News - Are meatpacking plants keeping essential workers safe?

May 1: CNN - Plant Workers at Risk

May 6: Business Insider - 'The more you come to work the more exposure you have'

May 8: Gzimodo - The U.S. Government Has Abandoned Meatpacking Workers

June 1: The New York Times – Is America’s Pandemic Waning or Raging? Yes

July 7: The Counter - In Arkansas, increasing pressure on Tyson Foods and Governor Hutchinson to protect workers’ lives

July 30: The Counter - Consumer groups challenge “deceptive” Tyson ads that brag about worker safety

July 31: Forbes - Tyson Foods Accused Of False Advertising In New Federal Trade Commission Complaint

July 31: Civil Eats - How Essential Food Workers Are Fighting Back

August 6: Arkansas Democrat Gazette - Advocate spotlights workers’ deaths
October 1: The Guardian - 'Incredibly dangerous job': concerns safety is slipping at US meat plants
October 20: Aljazeera - Coronavirus: Did workers die to keep food on America’s tables?

November 19: Noticias Telemundo - “Apuestan como si [los empleados] fueran animales”: jefes de una procesadora son demandados por apostar sobre casos de COVID-19

November 24: Democracy Now! - Betting Pool? Tyson Managers Bet on How Many Workers Would Get COVID. Advocates Call It Grim Pattern

December 8: Facing South - George's poultry workers walk out in Arkansas to protest COVID-19 conditions

December 17: World Socialist Web Site - Arkansas poultry workers protest lack of protection against COVID-19

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Venceremos is a worker-based organization in Arkansas whose mission is to ensure the human rights of poultry workers. Venceremos seeks to spearhead the adaptation of the Worker-driven Social Responsibility model to the poultry supply chain.

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