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Treating workers like meat: what we've learnt from COVID-19 outbreaks in abattoirs

  • Written by Shelley Marshall, Associate Professor and Director of the RMIT Business and Human Rights Centre, RMIT University
Treating workers like meat: what we've learnt from COVID-19 outbreaks in abattoirs

From the United States to Brazil, Britain, Germany and Australia, meat-processing plants have played a peculiar role in spreading COVID-19.

In Brazil, union officials allege one-fifth of the industry’s employees – about 100,000 meat plant workers – have been infected. In the US, meat-processing facilities have been linked to more...

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