President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that invoked the Defense Production Act to keep meat plants open as industry leaders sound the alarm about possible shortages by lisettevoytko
At least 5,000.
“Using executive power to force people back on the job without proper protections is wrong and dangerous,” A.F.L.-C.I.O president Richard Trumka“We only wish that this administration cared as much about the lives of working people as it does about meat, pork and poultry products,” said Stuart Applebaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, to
. The union has been critical of the Trump administration for not developing protections for workers that would have prevented disruptions in the food supply.
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