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SOURCE: The New Republic
1/6/2022
Don’t Make Meat Cheaper. Make It Much More Expensive
by Jan Dutkiewicz and Gabriel N. Rosenberg
The Biden administration hopes to score political points by making the meat industry more competitive and lowering prices. This is ignoring the horrible costs of cheap meat.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
5/22/2020
Immigrant Workers Have Borne the Brunt of COVID-19 Outbreaks at Meatpacking Plants
by Anya Jabour
The COVID-19 epidemic should remind us of the hazards faced by immigrant meatpacking workers a century ago, and the labor and industry reforms needed to secure their safety.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
5/1/2020
Meatpacking Work has Become Less Safe. Now it Threatens Our Meat Supply
by Chris Deutsch
The modern food system rests on a thin reed of worker abuse and poor sanitation that covid-19 has finally broken.
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