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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Wed May 6, 2020, 07:11 PM May 2020

Agriculture secretary expects meatpacking plants to fully reopen within 10 days

Source: The Hill

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Wednesday said U.S. meatpacking plants will fully reopen in the next seven to 10 days after coronavirus outbreaks sparked closures and led to shortages at grocery stores and fast food chains.

“I’d say probably a week to 10 days where it’s fully back up,” Perdue said when asked by President Trump about timing during a meeting at the White House with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R).

“I think we’ve turned a corner," Perdue added. "We see these plants coming back online. Obviously because of some infected employees, they won’t be full force for a while. But we think the stores will be, you’ll see more variety and more meat cases fully supplied.”

Reynolds said Wednesday that (Trump’s) executive order “has really maybe prevented what could have been a really serious situation.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/496466-agriculture-secretary-expects-plants-to-fully-reopen-in-week-to-10

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Agriculture secretary expects meatpacking plants to fully reopen within 10 days (Original Post) left-of-center2012 May 2020 OP

Well this just proves that Reynolds and Perdue, don't give a shit................its about that turbinetree May 2020 #1

Yeah, the coronavirus will fully comply with Trump's executive order. tanyev May 2020 #2

Fantastic! SoCalNative May 2020 #3

Sonny Perdue is an ass-licking trump bumpkin Yeehah May 2020 #4

When the monkeys fly out of my ass Grokenstein May 2020 #5

These plants will see a lot of employees failing to show up NickB79 May 2020 #6

Do we buy meat from companies with untested employees? left-of-center2012 May 2020 #7

Trump executive order didn't stop meat plant closures. Seven more shut in the past week - USA Today progree May 2020 #8

Wait -- un- and under-employed folks will rush in to take the jobs LuckyLib May 2020 #9

turbinetree

(24,735 posts)

1. Well this just proves that Reynolds and Perdue, don't give a shit................its about that

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2020, 07:16 PM

May 2020

libertarian values..................your life means nothing...........now get to wok and if you die............Oh fucking well..........

tanyev

(42,642 posts)

2. Yeah, the coronavirus will fully comply with Trump's executive order.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2020, 07:18 PM

May 2020

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)

3. Fantastic!

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2020, 07:22 PM

May 2020

Covid McNuggets!

Yeehah

(4,597 posts)

4. Sonny Perdue is an ass-licking trump bumpkin

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2020, 07:29 PM

May 2020

November can't get here fast enough.

Grokenstein

(5,728 posts)

5. When the monkeys fly out of my ass

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2020, 07:43 PM

May 2020

...Sonny can grind 'em up and call it veal.

NickB79

(19,277 posts)

6. These plants will see a lot of employees failing to show up

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2020, 08:22 PM

May 2020

My mom works at a currently shut down meat plant. Even before COVID hit them hard, they were struggling to get fully staffed due to disease fears.

A lot of people won't show up. A lot of areas that can run will be slowed by social distancing measures (fewer workers per line due to spacing). And when new outbreaks hit, they'll shut down again, executive order or not. You can't run with no workers.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

7. Do we buy meat from companies with untested employees?

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2020, 09:15 PM

May 2020

Knot eye !

progree

(10,928 posts)

8. Trump executive order didn't stop meat plant closures. Seven more shut in the past week - USA Today

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2020, 10:32 PM

May 2020

Trump executive order didn't stop meat plant closures. Seven more shut in the past week, USA Today, 5/6/20

... At least seven coronavirus-affected meatpacking plants shut their doors since the April 28th executive order. That’s in line with the average of eight weekly plant closures in the month leading up to the order.

... At least two of the seven plants that closed since the executive order have reopened.

More such closures are anticipated. Tyson Foods, one of the largest U.S. meatpacking companies, announced Monday it expected to shut additional plants because of low staffing and “choices we make to ensure operational safety,” according to its quarterly earnings report.

Tyson also owns four of the seven plants that closed in the week since Trump signed the executive order. They’re located in Nebraska, Kentucky and Maine.

The company said the closures were intended to keep workers safe.

... The White House declined to comment on the continued closings.

More: https://news.yahoo.com/trump-executive-order-didnt-stop-222717505.html

LuckyLib

(6,821 posts)

9. Wait -- un- and under-employed folks will rush in to take the jobs

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2020, 10:55 PM

May 2020

while the first line of (mostly immigrant) workers dies off or recovers from the virus.

Sonny -- round up all those young men in their parents' basement playing video games!

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