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Tyson Foods says that labor unions agreed to support its requirement for U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by November. According to Reuters the company will offer new benefits to workers including paid sick leave. Companies like Tyson have been trying to give employees incentives to get vaccinated through bonuses and other benefits as the Delta Variant pushes case numbers higher .

A meatpacking union representing 24,000 Tyson Foods workers is concerned over the company’s new COVID vaccine mandate. United Food and Commercial Workers International President Marc Perrone said, “While we support and encourage workers getting vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus…it is concerning that Tyson is implementing this mandate before the FDA has fully approved the vaccine." The

Workers in the meatpacking industries have been on the frontlines during the COVID-19 outbreak. Many of those workers are members of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. UFCW President Marc Perrone said the coronavirus pandemic is still going strong and hitting their members, as well as non-union workers, very hard ...

Advocacy is a pressing issue for farmers in the 21st century.  Commodity groups, researchers and lawmakers will encourage farmers to tell their story before someone else, specifically those opposed to farming, shares it for them.  But, according to Stacey Cobb with the advocacy organization Eastern Washington Family Farmers, it’s not a lack of interests or willingness.  She said farm...

Advocacy is a pressing issue for farmers in the 21st century.  Commodity groups, researchers and lawmakers will encourage farmers to tell their story before someone else, specifically those opposed to farming, shares it for them.  But, according to Stacey Cobb with the advocacy organization Eastern Washington Family Farmers, it’s not a lack of interests or willingness.  She said farm...

Last month, dairies across the lower Yakima Valley were visited by Jesse Rojas and Silvia Lopez, activists with the organization Pick Justice.  If you’re not familiar with Pick Justice, it’s an organization in California that warms on the behalf of farm workers, sharing the potential pit falls of union membership and representation.  Silvia Lopez, ...