Injured and Invisible

A happy and healthy-looking worker in a clean and well-lit dairy. Photo credit: Vera Chang.

Absent Federal Oversight of Animal Agriculture Safety, States and Others Step Up for Change

By Christina Cooke

November 18, 2022

States are extending OSHA powers, overtime, and collective bargaining while labor-driven programs center workers.

Tyson Says Its Nurses Help Workers. Critics Charge They Stymie OSHA.

By Alice Driver

November 17, 2022

An anonymous worker, 48, from Guatemala, has worked at the Tyson in Green Forest, Arkansas, for 20 years. She needs carpal tunnel surgery in both arms, and Tyson doctors have confirmed that she needs it. However, Tyson has told her the company will not cover the cost of the surgery. Her husband, also a Tyson worker, died of COVID in 2020. (Photo by Jacky Muniello for Civil Eats)

Biogas Expansion May Compound Worker Risks

By Kari Lydersen

November 16, 2022

An overhead view of an anaerobic digester pond next to animal barns and a cornfield. (Photo credit: Maas Energy)

‘I Was Coughing So Hard I Would Throw Up’

By Gosia Wozniacka

November 15, 2022

An animal-ag worker carries two piglets in a CAFO.

Animal Agriculture Is Dangerous Work. The People Who Do It Have Few Protections.

By Christina Cooke

November 14, 2022

A dairy worker in a barn. (Photo courtesy of Migrant Justice)

Injured and Invisible: Our Methodology

By The Civil Eats Editors

November 14, 2022

A Milk with Dignity worker in a barn. (Photo courtesy of Migrant Justice)