Worker Justice
New York Times: Missouri Pork Plant Workers Say They Can’t Cover Mouths to Cough
A lawsuit filed against a Smithfield Foods plant claims it has created a public nuisance by failing to protect workers from coronavirus infection.
Smithfield Workers Ask Court to Force Company to Protect Them From COVID-19
With food chain workers being deemed “essential,” but allowed to fall ill, workers at Smithfield’s pork processing plant in Milan, Missouri are taking legal action to secure basic protective equipment…
Rural Community Workers Alliance & Jane Doe v. Smithfield
With food chain workers deemed “essential” for the wellbeing of others at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but expected to continue working through their own illness, workers at Smithfield’s pork…
Jessica Culpepper: Mobilizing Lawyers in the Fight for a Better Food System
Jessica Culpepper, director of the Food Project, talks about her vision for a better, healthier food system that results in healthy, empowered communities and sustainable livelihoods for farmers — and…