Trump forces US meat plants to stay open despite outcry
The move comes after 22 slaughterhouses have folded, but unions warn that ‘if workers aren’t safe, the food supply won’t be either’
29 April 2020 - 10:20
Washington/Chicago — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that compels slaughterhouses to remain open, setting up a showdown between the giant companies that produce the US’s meat and the unions and activists who want to protect workers in a pandemic.
Meat processing plants around the US have shut down because of the coronavirus, but Trump said in the order that “such closures threaten the continued functioning of the national meat and poultry supply chain, undermining critical infrastructure during the national emergency”...
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