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December 3, 2020 In News

Law360: 3 Takeaways From Smithfield’s Hog Farm Stench Settlement

When Smithfield Foods Inc. settled nuisance suits brought by hundreds of neighbors over the stench from hog waste lagoons, it placed a major legal threat in the rearview mirror hours after a federal appeals court gave activists fodder to push for change.

December 3, 2020 In News

Law360: OSHA Won’t Fine Meatpacker Accused Of COVID-19 Violations

The U.S. Department of Labor’s workplace safety arm will not cite a meat processing company investigated for alleged COVID-19 violations, despite a lawsuit by workers urging a Pennsylvania federal court to force the agency to make the company better protect against the disease.

November 27, 2020 In News

Iowa Capital Dispatch: Iowa’s ‘ag gag’ has stifled investigations, despite pending court challenges

The legality of Iowa’s controversial “ag gag” law, designed to block undercover investigations at agricultural facilities, could soon be decided by a federal judge.

October 30, 2020 In News

Bloomberg Law: Tyson Heads for Trial on Claims It Depressed Prices for Farmers

Tyson Chicken Inc. must face a trial on claims that it leveraged its buying power to drive down the cost of chickens it purchased for processing at a Kentucky plant, a federal judge ruled.

August 10, 2020 In News

Joint Statement on Title VI Dismissal

The complainants (Food Chain Workers Alliance, the Rural Community Workers Alliance, the HEAL Food Alliance, Forward Latino, American Friends Service Committee – Iowa, and the Idaho Organization of Resource Councils) are represented by Public Justice, Nichols Kaster PLLP, and Towards Justice, and issued a joint…

July 8, 2020 In News, Press Release

Meat Workers and Allies File Complaint Challenging Meat Processing Corporation Actions, Alleging Racial Discrimination in Disastrous COVID-19 Response

A nationwide coalition filed an administrative civil rights complaint with the USDA alleging that Tyson Foods and JBS have engaged in racial discrimination prohibited by the Civil Rights Act through their workplace policies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

June 14, 2020 In News

FERN: Judge declares much of N.C. ag-gag law unconstitutional

A federal judge handed a victory late Friday to animal-welfare advocates when he declared that much of North Carolina’s ag-gag law violated the First Amendment’s free-speech provisions. The ruling could also help employees trying to expose slaughterhouses that put their workforces at risk for Covid-19…

April 24, 2020 In News

Public Justice Food Project

Law360: 3 Takeaways From Smithfield’s Hog Farm Stench Settlement

Law360: OSHA Won’t Fine Meatpacker Accused Of COVID-19 Violations

Iowa Capital Dispatch: Iowa’s ‘ag gag’ has stifled investigations, despite pending court challenges

Bloomberg Law: Tyson Heads for Trial on Claims It Depressed Prices for Farmers

Joint Statement on Title VI Dismissal

Meat Workers and Allies File Complaint Challenging Meat Processing Corporation Actions, Alleging Racial Discrimination in Disastrous COVID-19 Response

FERN: Judge declares much of N.C. ag-gag law unconstitutional

Washington Post OpEd: I work at Smithfield Foods. I’m suing them over putting our lives at risk for your dinner.

Bloomberg Law: Smithfield Workers Sue Over Covid-19 Exposure in Meat Plant

New York Times: Missouri Pork Plant Workers Say They Can’t Cover Mouths to Cough