The human element is getting lost among the testing and unemployment data of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alexa Zarate and her family are getting the full experience. Zarate is a senior at Perry High School with parents recovering from COVID-19. Her father is almost 60...
According to new state testing data, 221 employees have tested positive for COVID-19 at Tyson’s Columbus Junction location, making it one of the state’s largest known coronavirus outbreaks. About 26 percent of employees tested were found positive for the virus....
According to new state testing data, 221 employees have tested positive for COVID-19 at Tyson’s Columbus Junction location, making it one of the state’s largest known coronavirus outbreaks. About 26 percent of employees tested were found positive for the virus....
When I moved to the United States and my first 5 de Mayo was around the corner, several people were curious about how I would celebrate what they might have though was a special holiday for me. Some assumed that because I am Mexican, I would enjoy a few Margaritas,...
As the old adage goes, “Actions speak louder than words.” Many members of the Perry community would settle for a little of both from its local Tyson meatpacking plant. With meatpacking plants across the country and in Iowa closing or scaling back their workforce...
As the old adage goes, “Actions speak louder than words.” Many members of the Perry community would settle for a little of both from its local Tyson meatpacking plant. With meatpacking plants across the country and in Iowa closing or scaling back their workforce...
As the old adage goes, “Actions speak louder than words.” Many members of the Perry community would settle for a little of both from its local Tyson meatpacking plant. With meatpacking plants across the country and in Iowa closing or scaling back their workforce...
Iowans are not out of the pandemic woods yet. Times are difficult and the federal stimulus checks will be a relief for many, but not for all. Last month Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, giving a package of more than $2 trillion...
As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout Iowa, focus has turned to the state’s meat packing plants as virus hotspots. In West Liberty, the state’s first Hispanic-majority town, the community’s largest employer is reporting an outbreak of coronavirus cases. As of...
Después de algunas semanas de hablar con los trabajadores latinos y otros trabajadores inmigrantes de la industria de empacadoras de carne, me di cuenta de que muchos de ellos tienen dos cosas importantes en común: una es el miedo a perder su trabajo, la segunda es...
