Food Manufacturers Raise Factory Pay
March 25 2020 - 2:55PM
Dow Jones News
By Annie Gasparro
Some food manufacturers are raising pay for workers in their
factories, warehouses and delivery fleets that they are counting on
to maintain production at a time of sky-high demand.
Cargill Inc., PepsiCo Inc., Hormel Foods Corp., Kraft Heinz Co.,
Campbell Soup Co. and Danone SA are among companies that have
agreed to higher wages and paid sick leave or child-care stipends
for certain employees, according to the companies.
Food makers face a conundrum in trying to keep factories running
at high rates while also maintaining worker safety as the pandemic
advances across the U.S. Mass absenteeism at U.S. food-making
plants could dent the supply of those goods.
About 40 workers at a Perdue Farms Inc. chicken plant in Georgia
walked out Monday, protesting for hazard pay and more sanitary
working conditions after multiple workers reported being exposed to
the novel coronavirus at the factory, according to workers' rights
advocates. Perdue didn't immediately respond to a request for
comment.
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