, a New Mexico health official cited six positive coronavirus tests from Oct. 23 to Oct. 27 and ordered the plant to be closed for two weeks.
The New Mexico Heath Department referred questions about the suit to a spokeswoman for the state's Environment Department. The spokeswoman, Maddy Hayden, declined to discuss the suit, but she said courts have repeatedly upheld the state's authority to protect the public's health and safety. Stampede Meat employs more than 500 workers at its Sunland Park plant. Hayden said more than 100 workers there have tested positive since the pandemic began.The United States is having its highest single-day tallies of coronavirus infections.The Midwest and the Southwest have been hit hard. In New Mexico, the number of cases steadily rose over the last two weeks, jumping from just over 700 on Oct. 8 to 1,210 on Sunday, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.
Nearby El Paso has also had a surge in infections, with the number of cases nearly doubling in the last month, according to Johns Hopkins. So many people
Maybe the workers should sue the company, because they put profit over the health and safety of workers.
They should be grateful that they’re actually alive!
Some people just don’t get! We have to Atleast try to stop this disease. But I understand there point to an extent. Allow them to sell their meat to another plant instead of letting it go to waste. Call their bluff.
Maybe it is time to go vegetarian w all this COVID19 in meat plants.
Do they sell tainted meat too?
Money over life
Public health issue. End of story. Toss it.
I'm a Powerball lottery winner that's willing to end the suffering of Americans the best way I can I'm paying off credit card debt of all my followers and interested Americans .send a dm if you need this help