As Meat Workers Get Sick, An Executive Order Keeps Plants Open

Published: April 29, 2020, 7:24 p.m.

"The link that keeps the food production system going is the workforce. These workers are humans. We have had workers die in this plant. They didn't want to die. This wasn't a choice," said Kim Cordova of the Colorado United Food and Commercial Workers Union.

Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on Twitter @1A.