Mother Jones | Meatpackers “Prioritized Profits” Over Worker Safety During the Pandemic. A New Bill Would Force Them to Change.

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KI Fellow, Debbie Berkowitz, is quoted in Mother Jones, discussing the importance of legislation to protect workers in meatpacking plants.

She says of the Bill, sponsored by Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), “[It] addresses many things that would significantly improve conditions in meat and poultry plants and would make a great impact on reducing injuries and illnesses and deaths.”

Read more below.

Video link: https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/12/meatpackers-prioritized-profits-over-worker-safety-during-the-pandemic-a-new-bill-would-force-them-to-change/