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Trump’s America Food managers betting on how many employees will get COVID-19

November 19, 2020 By Egberto Willies

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Trump is not guilty of this. But he has normalized it. Supporting this man is a tacit acceptance of the deviancy. It is the Trump Effect.

‘This Is Depraved’: Tyson Food Managers Accused of Betting on How Many of Their Workers Would Get Covid-19 | Common Dreams News

Trump's America Food managers betting on how many employees will get COVID-19

During the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, Tyson Foods supervisors bet money on how many workers at a pork processing plant in Iowa would be infected with the lethal coronavirus, according to allegations in a wrongful death lawsuit that critics say reveals the “breathtaking callousness” of corporate managers who put profits over people.

“In late March or early April, as the pandemic spread across Iowa, managers at the Waterloo plant reportedly began avoiding the plant floor for fear of contracting the virus.”
—Iowa Capital Dispatch

This is depraved,” United Farm Workers said in a Twitter thread.

More than 1,000 employees at the company’s facility in Waterloo—over one-third of the plant’s workforce—”tested positive amid the outbreak, which eventually shut down the meat-processing plant and spurred harsh condemnations from local officials who said the company had failed to provide the necessary protections for its workforce,” the Washington Post reported Thursday.

At least five Waterloo plant employees died as a result.

This is depraved.

“Tyson Foods ordered employees to report for work while supervisors privately wagered money on the number of workers who would be sickened by the deadly virus.” https://t.co/KgxDdOOZtO

— United Farm Workers (@UFWupdates) November 19, 2020

Family members of Isidro Fernandez, who succumbed to the disease on April 26, sued Tyson earlier this year, accusing the meatpacking company of “willful and wanton disregard for workplace safety.”

“Despite an uncontrolled Covid-19 outbreak, Tyson required its employees to work long hours in cramped conditions,” the lawsuit alleges. “Moreover, despite the danger of Covid-19, Tyson failed to provide appropriate personal protective equipment and failed to implement sufficient social distancing or safety measures to protect workers from the outbreak.”

https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1329459827928666121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1329459827928666121%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commondreams.org%2Fnews%2F2020%2F11%2F19%2Fdepraved-tyson-food-managers-accused-betting-how-many-their-workers-would-get-covid

Source: ‘This Is Depraved’: Tyson Food Managers Accused of Betting on How Many of Their Workers Would Get Covid-19 | Common Dreams News

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About Egberto Willies

Egberto Willies is a political activist, author, political blogger, radio show host, business owner, software developer, web designer, and mechanical engineer in Kingwood, TX. He is an ardent Liberal that believes tolerance is essential. His favorite phrase is “political involvement should be a requirement for citizenship”. Willies is currently a contributing editor to DailyKos, OpEdNews, and several other Progressive sites. He was a frequent contributor to HuffPost Live. He won the 2nd CNN iReport Spirit Award and was the Pundit of the Week.

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  1. Wzrd1 says

    November 19, 2020 at 2:03 PM

    What really takes the cake is, they obviously documented the wagering on the health and lives of the workers, leaving themselves and the company wide open to litigation and criminal charges.
    That smacks of their contempt for civil and criminal laws. The damages are likely to be fatal for the company.

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