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Union Leader Expresses Concern Over Protection for Packing Plant Employees


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There are 138 more cases of COVID-19 in South Dakota for a total of 868. Fifty-seven of the new cases are linked to an outbreak at a packing plant in Sioux Falls. Siouxland Public Media’s Sheila Brummer talked to a union leader in Sioux Falls about the issue and the impact on facilities in the state of Iowa. Almost 300 people who work at the Smithfield Foods Plant in Sioux Falls tested positive for COVID-19. B.J. Motley is the president of the local union of the United Food and Commercial
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SPM NewsBy Bret Hayworth, Alejandra Perez