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Holmes County was ‘already off the cliff with no safety net. Then COVID came.’
Holmes County was ‘already off the cliff with no safety net. Then COVID came.’

TCHULA — This small town sits an hour from the suburbs of Mississippi’s capital city of Jackson, but it rests a world away.

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As union leaders call for slower line speeds, COVID-19 spreads in Mississippi poultry plants
As union leaders call for slower line speeds, COVID-19 spreads in Mississippi poultry plants

With workers sick and workforces depleted, two Mississippi poultry plants have permission to ratchet up processing line speeds to increase production during the pandemic — at the risk, union leaders say, of worker safety in one of the country’s most dangerous industries.

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