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Smithfield Foods shakes up management team under new CEO
Smithfield Foods on Thursday unveiled a management shakeup as the world's largest pork processor and its new chief executive deal with the ripple effects of a pandemic-led drop in restaurant meat consumption...
Smithfield Foods faces fine for not protecting workers from COVID-19
The US Labor Department said Thursday it cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from the coronavirus, making it the first major US meatpacker to face a fine after...
Meatpacking workers often absent after order to reopen
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON - Smithfield Foods Inc. is missing about a third of its employees at a South Dakota pork plant because they are quarantined or afraid to return to work after...
McDonald's hit with two class-action suits over COVID-19 worker safety
Five McDonald’s workers in Chicago filed a class-action lawsuit against the chain on Tuesday, accusing it of failing to adopt government safety guidance on COVID-19 and endangering employees and their...
Pork producers slowly bring back workers with partitions, temperature tests
A South Dakota pork processing plant took its first steps toward reopening Monday after being shuttered for over two weeks because of a coronavirus outbreak that infected more than 800...
Meat workers say they aren't allowed to cover mouths to sneeze
Smithfield Foods is driving workers at a Missouri pork plant so hard during the coronavirus crisis that they can't even cover their mouths to sneeze, a new lawsuit says. The...
World's largest pork producer wants to sell you dinner — and organ transplants
Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, has established a separate bioscience unit to expand its role in supplying pig parts for medical uses, with the ultimate goal of selling...
US bacon prices rise after virus kills baby pigs
MILWAUKEE — A virus never before seen in the U.S. has killed millions of baby pigs in less than a year, and with little known about how it spreads or...
Why are we letting China buy American companies?
This takeover, the largest takeover of a US company by a Chinese firm, represents a precedent that will damage the American economy and cost jobs in the long run. It...
Path clear for Smithfield-China deal
This little piggy goes to China. Just days before a shareholder vote, hedge fund manager Jeff Smith threw in the towel on his attempt to find buyers willing to pay...
Hedgie out to counter Chinese Smithfield bid
Hedge-fund activist Jeff Smith, looking to stop the largest Chinese takeover of a US company, said he’s making progress toward a meatier bid for pork producer Smithfield Foods than the...