Employees at 136 federal and provincial meat plants will be eligible.

Union urges all meatpacking and grocery CEOs to guarantee workers on the COVID front lines get paid leave.

A judge ruled that USDA-FSIS failed to consider whether increasing line speeds would harm workers.

Meat processors are stepping up to help get their workers vaccinated.

The association said inflexibility can force meat and poultry plants to decrease production.

More than 10,000 Tyson employees have been vaccinated so far.

Rates of infection among meat and poultry workers are more than five times lower than in the general population, according to new data.

The company said facilities in Kansas, Michigan and Nebraska will be the first to offer vaccinations.

The company worked with union representatives, government officials and the National Guard to create a distribution site at the Greeley plant.

The program is voluntary but ‘highly encouraged.’