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LULAC Says Meatpacking Workers Safety Still A Priority
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Nation’s Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Continues to Seek
Progress Through Direct Dialogue with Companies

Washington, DC - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) today
announced that it has seen progress in working environments for the nation’s
meatpacking workers amid COVID-19 and intends to continue seeking constructive
engagement with food producers as the path forward.

“LULAC is not giving up its right to speak out on many important issues facing
our community,” says Domingo Garcia, National President. “However, our single
focus here and now is worker safety for the tens of thousands of Latinos who are
still going into meatpacking plants every day. To get that, we are meeting with
the CEO’s of these companies and going into the plants to see for ourselves the
changes they’re making to fight the coronavirus. The virus is the enemy,” he
added.

LULAC is presenting food producers with a five-point set of principles for
progress that includes: monthly testing of all workers for COVID-19, complete
personal protection equipment, line speed to labor adjustment, compensation for
infected workers undergoing care and assistance to families who have lost loved
ones to coronavirus. So far, LULAC has met with JBS in Greeley Colorado and Tyson
Foods in Springdale, Arkansas. Both have made significant strides. Discussions
are also underway with Cargill in Minnetonka, Minnesota to begin a similar
review.

“There is still more that can and must be done which we will achieve by working
together with companies that are making necessary changes and we can’t get
sidetracked by other agendas that distract us from worker safety,” says Garcia.
“Ultimately, we need new legislation and federal funding to assist meat producers
and workers in making vital design and operational changes that benefit our
nation’s food supply plants and workers. It’s an ambitious goal but in the end,
America will be a better nourished nation for it and equally important, the
workers will have a safer work place. LULAC will continue to monitor all progress
and continue to dialogue with workers” he added.

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About LULAC
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation’s largest and
oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic Americans
and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 1,000
councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC’s programs, services and
advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting critical needs of
today and the future. For more information, visit www.LULAC.org [ [link removed] ] .







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