Posted on 05/06/2020 4:13:14 PM PDT by Libloather
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a worker advocacy group's lawsuit alleging that Smithfield Foods Inc. failed to sufficiently protect employees at a pork processing plant in Missouri amid the coronavirus outbreak.
U.S. District Judge Greg Kays ruled that Smithfield was already taking many of the health precautions that the Rural Community Workers Alliance had called for in its lawsuit, Reuters reported. The precautions include screening production-line workers for symptoms of the virus and installing barriers in facilities to help keep employees apart.
Kay also said it wasn't within the court's purview to oversee working conditions. He noted that under President Trump's executive order to keep meatpacking plants open, the federal government was responsible for ensuring safe health conditions.
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In a lawsuit filed April 24, the Rural Community Workers Alliance accused Smithfield of creating a "public nuisance" by not protecting employees at one of its plants in Milan, Mo.
David Muraskin, a lawyer for the group, told Reuters that the group's lawsuit led Smithfield to make the changes employees had sought.
“We wish that Smithfield would do more, but the decision shows that workers can organize and move companies to make changes, and that’s a really important development,” Muraskin said.
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Now with the renewed emphasis on Smithfield being Chinese owned, I wonder how much their sales will drop? I know I won’t be buying anything from them.
Pelosi and Schumer: If we had to worry about getting sued over dealing in pork we would have been broke decades ago. In DC it’s really no big deal.
We buy Hormel.
How many illegal aliens working there?
I’ve started going to a local meat market. It’s not that much more expensive and you know exactly what your getting. Support small businesses and help them survive.
Well, I have mixed emotions on this one!
Yeah we have a favorite local butcher also. Having had a diagnosis of heart disease and subsequent stent implant in 2016 my red meat and pork consumption is limited anyway. But even with takeout in the last few months I agree, we have been supporting local businesses almost exclusively. I think the chains will be ok.
Don’t know about illegals but I believe Smithfield Ham is owned by a Chinese company and it recently had a visit from its Chinese overlords.
Same here,it's quality over quantity with this fabulous new diet called "Don't eat so dam' much." The weight comes off slow but steady.
all Chinese and none tested for virus
Now with the renewed emphasis on Smithfield being Chinese owned, I wonder how much their sales will drop? I know I won’t be buying anything from them.
Thanks for posting what many of us are doing re Smithfield owned by the Chicoms.
We gave up our favorite Smithfield product: Pork tenderloin with bacon on the top.
We bought a local pork tenderloin and grilled it with local pepper bacon bits; seasoned with ground sea salt/ground pepper and a friend’s private olive oil.
It was actually too good, with zero left overs.
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