US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCED $600 BONUS FOR FARM & MEATPACKING WORKERS

Zack William13 Sep, 2021News

US Department of Agriculture announced that workers on farms and in meatpacking plants who toiled through the pandemic stand to get $600 bonuses from the federal government. The USDA is putting $700 million toward a fund for food workers, in recognition of the personal costs many experienced during the pandemic. Food industry workers fell ill with COVID-19 at higher rates than other workers; many had to stay home without pay or use their own money for personal protective equipment like masks and gloves.