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Unions sue USDA over faster chicken plant production speeds

by Associated Press
| July 29, 2020 12:03 AM

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The union representing workers at chicken processing plants in six states sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday, saying its policy of allowing companies to slaughter birds more quickly endangers workers and makes it more difficult to protect against spread of the coronavirus.

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