How a Poultry Mogul Is Profiting from the Pandemic
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
News & Politics
USA
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News
Politics
Publication Date |
Jul 16, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:21:16

Meat-packing and poultry-processing jobs have always been dangerous, and COVID-19 has exacerbated the risks. This spring, infection rates climbed so high at Mountaire, one of the largest poultry producers, that it stopped disclosing the numbers. Mountaire’s owner, Ronald Cameron, is one of Trump’s biggest donors. Jane Mayer, a New Yorker staff writer, joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss conditions at the company's plants, and how Cameron is leveraging the coronavirus crisis to strip workers of their protections. 

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