Chicken production line speeds have been contentious within the poultry industry for years, affecting everything from the amount of meat processed per shift to tensions over workers’ health.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is currently considering the poultry industry’s petition to waive the line-speed cap of 140 birds per minute, which critics say is already too fast.
Working conditions in poultry plants have led to several investigations and studies, most recently from the Government Accountability Office, which noted that the Department of Labor has struggled to find workers willing to speak about plant conditions out of fear of dismissal or other […]
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