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Swollen Hands, Rampant Contagion, No Sick Days: Processing Chicken During a Pandemic

Bite by Mother Jones

Jun 26, 202025:26Arts

Meatpacking plants across the United States have become coronavirus hotspots—and workers at chicken plants are particularly vulnerable. Caitlin Esch, a senior producer at Marketplace, digs into the history behind chicken...

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Swollen Hands, Rampant Contagion, No Sick Days: Processing Chicken During a Pandemic is an episode from Bite by Mother Jones. Meatpacking plants across the United States have become coronavirus hotspots—and workers at chicken plants are par...

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Published Jun 26, 2020, 25:26 long, audio available.