CARGILL Meat plant temporarily closes near Pa. county with 1 of state’s highest COVID-19 concentrations
HAZLETON, Pa. - The Keystone State of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1776 represents 800 of Cargill's employees at its Hazleton facility. Union President Wendell Young says the meat-packing plant is packed itself.
"It's a crowded place, with that many people under one roof. It's an assembly line kind of work. It's very difficult and challenging work and it's the kind of work where people work very closely together," said Young.
164 employees, as of Thursday, are being treated for coronavirus symptoms. Young attributes the outbreak to a vulnerable location.
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