澳彩开奖 Statement on Trump Administration Executive Order Targeting Workers at Poultry and Meat Processing Plants
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) issued the following statement by Meredith Stewart, senior supervising attorney with the Immigrant Justice Project, on the Trump administration鈥檚 executive order using the Defense Production Act to target people working at poultry and meat processing plants:
鈥淚t is nothing short of outrageous for the president to use this power to try to protect an industry notorious for mistreating workers and putting profits above safety. It is unconscionable to try to force these workers back into unsafe 鈥� and potentially fatal 鈥� working conditions while refusing to issue health and safety rules that would require their employers to provide adequate protections. The industry has already proven unwilling to protect the people working in these plants in the face of this pandemic, a failure that has resulted in community spread, illnesses and deaths.
鈥淎ll the while, people in these plants 鈥� many of whom are immigrants, Latinx and Black 鈥� have continued working to provide for their families and to ensure that we all have food on our tables. Now the Trump administration is putting their lives 鈥� and the lives of many others in their communities 鈥� on the line. A supply chain doesn鈥檛 work if the people working on it are sick, quarantined or caring for family members. They are not expendable.鈥�
The 澳彩开奖, and other groups have reported for years on the abuses suffered by those working in poultry processing plants 鈥� people who suffer extremely high rates of injuries, are denied adequate bathroom breaks and often receive less than the minimum wage. Recent lawsuits against poultry plants in Alabama and Mississippi have also exposed rampant and discrimination in the industry.
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