Shareholders Can Help Protect US Meatpacking Workers

Tyson Foods is carrying out a dangerous national experiment that could make their slaughter and production staff work faster, increasing the already high risk of injury to its workers. Shareholders should raise the issue on February 6th at the annual meeting in Tyson’s Arkansas headquarters. They should ask the company how it plans to protect its workers. Tyson Foods is one of the largest poultry, beef, and pork producers in the United States, and also has one of the highest numbers of reported severe injuries in the meat and poultry industry. Meatpacking work is already dangerous, and making staff…

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