Rural America’s workforce feeling impact of the coronavirus, protesters fight for slaughterhouse workers
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Macon, west macon, we are going to make it.
The memorial walk began at fair street and ended on suzanne drive in macon.
Workers at some meat processing plants say... they are facing unsafe work conditions during the covid-19 pandemic.
41nbc's jatrissa wooten spoke to two protest organizers in perry... hoping to change those conditions.
:00-:04 :11-:15 :25-:28 "they say they're tired of poor work conditions at slaughterhous es all of the county- that's why several local organizations are teaming up to to protest for slaughter-house worker" sot:janie hokanson: organizer middle georgia animal save "slaughter houses and meat processing plants are major hot spots for the covid 19 spreading" during the coronavirus pandemic- those protesting say employees at meat processing plants like perdue farms in perry are required to clock in.
Sot: dee spencer-carr: u.s county liaison animal save moment "being forced to come to work because they are labeled as essential workers" usa county liaison with the animal save movement dee spencer carr says employees at perdue are risking their lives on every shift because there are so many people in one space.
She says most of the workers are minoritie?mostly latino "they're focused to do a job they probably dont want to do" spencer-carr says back in march close to 50 employees walked out the perry location over covid 19 concerns according to the compan?an employee did test positive for the virus at that tim?
Perdue says the worker was quarantined for 14 days with pay spencer carr says that incident gave her and others the push to do something "we were seeing the actual workers speak out" sot:janie hokanson: organizer middle georgia animal save janie hokanson: organizer of middle georgia animal sav?says to eliminate this we did reach out to perdue for this story... but have not heard back.
In march--the company reported by email... it has stepped up their covid-19