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Poultry Workers Stage Walkout to Protest Working Conditions During Pandemic

Z. Sitek
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KUAF
About two dozen George's poultry plant workers staged a walkout Tuesday morning to protest management's decision to reverse some pandemic precautions.

Some two dozen George's poultry workers staged a walkout Tuesday morning in Springdale to protest a management decision to stop staggering shifts so that workers were not packed into a hallway as they were clocking in and out. That protocol was put into place as a COVID-19 pandemic precaution. Venceremos, an Arkansas workers’ justice organization, helped facilitate the protest and was on hand to support workers.

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