National Employment Law Project Issues Statement on President Trump Meatpacking Plant Executive Order
April 30, 2020
April 30, 2020
NEW YORK, April 30 -- The National Employment Law Project issued the following statement by Debbie Berkowitz, program director for worker safety and health:
"President Trump's executive order, which purports to require the nation's meat production plants to remain open, will gravely jeopardize the health and safety of the 500,000 workers in the meatpacking industry.
"More than 3,000 workers in the meat industry have already gotten sick with COVID-19, and 17 wo . . .
"President Trump's executive order, which purports to require the nation's meat production plants to remain open, will gravely jeopardize the health and safety of the 500,000 workers in the meatpacking industry.
"More than 3,000 workers in the meat industry have already gotten sick with COVID-19, and 17 wo . . .