Hundreds of people have been shot and killed in the industrial corridors of Wilmington, California.
“More workers have died from COVID-19 in the last 18 months in the meat and poultry industry, than died from all work-related causes in the industry in the past 15 years,” as one expert testified.
The meatpacking plants have pulled in thousands of immigrant workers over the past two decades. They’re the economic center of the town, employing around 3,000 workers.
This project was produced as part of the 2021 National Fellowship with USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism....
Amner Martinez still doesn’t really know all the details from when his 74-year-old father Concepcion got really sick with COVID-19 near the beginning of the pandemic.
This project was produced as part of the 2021 National Fellowship with USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.
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COVID struck the nation's meatpacking plants more than a year ago. But worker safety is still a contentious issue
This project was produced as part of the 2021 National Fellowship with USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.
Other stories by Natalie Krebs include:
“More workers have died from COVID-19 in the last 18 months in the meat and poultry industry, than died from all work-related causes in the industry in the past 15 years,” as one expert testified.
The Kentucky rescue this week of a teenage girl asking for help through a hand signal tells “the amazing story of the power of a bystander,” a Covington violence prevention expert said during a Facebook Live event Thursday with The Enquirer.
This story was produced as a project for the 2019 Impact Fund.
