Coronavirus: Nearly 90% of infected meat plant workers are minorities, says CDC
Minority workers at meat processing plants are particularly affected by coronavirus, a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found.
The report found that as many as 87 per cent of those who contracted coronavirus belonged to racial and ethnic minorities even though they are only 61 per cent of the total worker population.
According to the data, Latino workers were the most affected, making up 56 per cent of the coronavirus cases. Non-Hispanic Black workers were 19 per cent of the cases, and 12 per cent were Asian.
On Wednesday, a coalition of food workers and civil rights activists filed a civil rights complaint asking the Department of Agriculture to stop giving federal funds to Tyson Foods Inc. and JBS USA.
The complaint accuses the companies of treating “plant floor workers as sacrificial” for the “the purpose of maximizing profits and processing capacity.”
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