Smithfield meatpacking plant News

Smithfield to Pay $13,494 Over Coronavirus Hazards at South Dakota Facility

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. – the country’s largest pork processor – has agreed to assemble a team of company and third-party experts to develop an infectious disease preparedness plan that the company will implement at all of its processing facilities …

COVID-19 Keeps 100s Off the Job at South Dakota Smithfield Plant

Hundreds of workers are still absent from the Smithfield meatpacking plant in Sioux Falls because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to union leaders. AFL-CIO secretary treasurer BJ Motley says between 800 and 1,200 of the plant’s 3,700 employees are either …