The estimate comes from Nelson Morelli, president of the National Union of Contac-CUT Workers, who spoke at a webinar on Tuesday, this figure would mean about 100,000 inflamed employees in the country’s meat-packing industry, which employs half a million people.Be clear, this is not an official recount and is based on surveys of local members of the group.But an epidemic, even close to that number, would be one of the largest in the world for a single industry, outside the doors of fitness.Care.
By comparison, Brazilian instances far exceed the number of U.S. meat personnel who have fallen from Covid-19.According to the knowledge of the Food and Environment Reporting Network, which has been tracking instances since April based on local media reports and official fitness figures, one of the highest estimates of infections in the US has been on the market.UU.es about 41,000.
Brazil has the world’s largest access point for the virus after the United States.The South American country has about 3.4 million cases, but the national infection rate is about 1.6%, overshadowed by union estimates of a 20% rate among meat workers.
Meat industry staff is a must in the world as corporations seek to meet protein demand, but staff face situations that lead to the spread of the disease and outbreaks have emerged from South America to Europe and Australia.the world’s largest exporter of beef and poulcheck and a key supplier of pork.
Cold and foul air situations allowed coronavirus debris to travel more than 8 meters (26 feet) in a German slaughterhouse, showed a recent examination, which offers an idea of why meat factory staff are vulnerable to infections.Workers are also regularly in overcrowded situations, running back and forth on production lines, where they meet face-to-face.
While some corporations have stepped up efforts to protect and test employees, estrangement remains a factor in each and every factory, according to unions, which are launching a national crusade to raise awareness of conditions.
“We are carrying out a competitive crusade because the government is ignoring this scenario and some corporations are open to negotiation,” said Artur Bueno de Camargo, president of CNTA, a national workers’ union, in the webinar.
Unions are more distance from workers, testing 100 percent of industry workers and expanding the distribution of protective equipment.
Workers can simply strike if demands for greater security measures are not met, union representatives said during the webinar.
The union’s estimate for inflamed personnel is the only figure available for national authorities in factories, as the Brazilian government is tracking the virus through the industry.Labor prosecutors, who have asked courts to close factories with a large number of cases, also have a national estimate.
The Ministry of Health does not collect data on other people in poor health through the profession, making it difficult to investigate the spread of infections in the industry, according to Priscila Schvarcz, a laborious prosecutor who has been tracking Covid cases in meat mills for months..
Top Photo: Employee Bird Breast Photographer: SeongJoon Cho / Bloomberg.
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