Memos to workers at Sanderson Farms show the strain poultry workers are under during the coronavirus pandemic.
The National Chicken Council, a lobby group for the industry, said chicken salesin the middle of March, when schools and workplaces began to close due to the spread of COVID-19. Processors have tried to keep up with demand.
Workers at Sanderson Farms got a separate letter from Butts last week underscoring the strain facilities are under, noting that the lack of available chicken was creating anxiety among the public. Butts said in a recent letter that the company would be offering workers an extra $1 per hour as a “weekly attendance bonus.” “You must have perfect attendance during the week in order to earn it,” the letter stated. The average wage for a poultry processing worker in the U.S. isIn an earlier note to workers, Butts made a patriotic appeal: “We call upon you to look at this crisis as an opportunity to serve, as we do.
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