It sounds like the FDA stamp should be accompanied by a certification that I-9 is practiced at the packing plant. At least we know where the virus came from...
Wow. There are some languages on that list I hadn’t even heard the names of.
All legal immigrants well on their path to citizenship, no doubt.
/Sarc
I’m surprised the English is among the top ten languages spoken there.
“Diversity is our Strength”
Remember that Smithfield is now Chicom owned. Perhaps, the national emergency should change attitudes about allowing commie governments to purchase US companies. Also, blame Demonrats for opposing English as official language of our country.
2017 and 2018 were the golden years. The GOP had the Presidency, the Senate, and the House. One of the many things they should have done - but didn’t - was make English the sole official language of the United States.
Back when my grandparents immigrated from Eastern Europe, they had to learn English to navigate in this country. But why should an immigrant from Mexico or the Philippines bother to learn English now? These days government forms and store signs are printed in all sorts of languages.
Heck, I just got a bank statement the other day. If you speak only Tagalog, no problem. Just call this number and everything will be explained to you, in Tagalog.
It’s the virology, stupid
...and I wonder just how many were immigrants vs the more likely refugees brought to us by two agencies over which States have Zero control.
If they are legal immigrants and not illegal aliens, they either are American citizens or on their way to becoming American citizens (Americans).
If they are what the "media" and democrats call illegal aliens, you are right.
Well, that and the fact that the company - which I always thought was iconic American -is owned by the Chinese.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem told Fox News last week that '99 per cent' of the Smithfield infections 'wasn't happening inside the facility' but rather inside workers' homes 'because a lot of these folks who work at this plant live in the same community, the same buildings, sometimes in the same apartments.' A Smithfield spokesperson reportedly blamed cultural differences in the workplace for the speed of the virus' spread.
The spokesperson told BuzzFeed News on Monday that it is hard to know 'what could have been done differently' given the plant's 'large immigration population.'
'Living circumstances in certain cultures are different than they are with your traditional American family,' the spokesperson said.
This is a common factor for all of the meat packing plants in the midwest and it also applies to many cities where housing is scarce and very expensive. This is the first article that I have seen that cites this factor as a part of the problem. Governor Noem has figured it out.
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No. It was the Chinese (Chicom) owners coming from Wuhan to inspect their property that infected the plant. Has nothing to do with 40 languages.
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Is there somebody here with a knowledge of how long it would take to deep clean a large facility like that and safely re-open it for business? I don’t want to make some offhand remark that would put me in a league with Bloombug’s farming remarks.
In 1960, meatpacking workers earned 15 percent more than the average manufacturing wage in the U.S.. By 2002, they were earning 25 percent less than the average in manufacturing. Government data also show that between 1980 and 2007 real wages in the industry, adjusted for inflation, dropped by a staggering 45 percent.Nov 18, 2009
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Labor Market Effects of Immigration Enforcement at Meatpacking Plants in Seven States | Center for Immigration Studies
“The good news is that the owners who decided to hire low wage immigrants instead of Americans are seeing their businesses closed.”
The meat packing business is an interesting story....They used to be some of the best paying jobs in the country. I knew a lot of guys that went to college, got a four year degree and came back only 6to end up working in the packing plant.
Not because other jobs were not available but because it was the best paying job out there, degreed or not.
Then IBP came to town and changed the industry forever. Hiring illegals or temporary legals in the mid 70’s for just a bit above minimum wage forced the entire industry to follow suit to compete. It’s been that way ever since.
I would be super surprised if our college of agriculture and ag engineering are not developing robots to do meat packing. There’s no reason not too. It’s very repetitive. Robots don’t have language barriers, come to work sick, come to work high or drunk, or not show up at all ... need time off for Grandma’s funeral for the third time this year ...
After all the data re the ChiComs owning Smithfield and this data, we would starve before eating anything from Smithfield.
China Government owns Smithfield here’s what happend to to Italy
Most Americans including this one were not aware that that the Italian socialist government had actually allowed the Chinese communists to purchase thus remove Italian ownership of a large segment of their fashion industry producers. Then replace the Italians working at those companies taken over by the Chinese and have them manned by thousands of Chinese nationals allowed to be brought in to work there.
When that CCWV breakout occurred in Wuhan the politburo closed off Wuhan but did not warn the Italian Socialist government or the Pope with whom the Chinese government had good relations with but certainly violated when the socialists should have been informed and allowed to deny those Chinese workers travel to and from China particularly for their New Year while this was occurring.
Which Trump did with the exception of only allowing American citizens returning.Our approach to deal with this plague was highly influenced by the death and sickness due to the CCWV ( Chinese Communist Wuhan Virus) reports coming out of Italy.
Those statistics being reported always indicated the casualties were aged Italians no focus was permitted on China or even if the victims were from China and the emphasis was on the speed of contagion. While doing so also ignored the direct connection those producers have with the Chinese Communist government which owns them.
To stop the return of manufacturing of products back to the US that went to China. China backers here who’s family members are making millions from China through their political connections will be hit hard are also claiming that Trump’s alleged stock ownership in a quinine pills maker claim its a controlling interest in a product to be totally ineffective and when used requires a severe restriction of movement when near a possible carrier known as a shutdown because of its rapid transmission .