Covid-19: Migrant workers at meat plants concerned for safety

Edel McGinley: Meat plants tried to cut corners after employees tested positive for virus. Picture: Gareth Chaney
Edel McGinley: Meat plants tried to cut corners after employees tested positive for virus. Picture: Gareth Chaney

A large majority, 66%, of migrants working in meat plants that have experienced outbreaks of Covid-19 do not believe their employer has done enough to protect them from the virus, a Dáil committee has heard.

The spread of coronavirus at meat plants was under scrutiny at today's Oireachtas committee on the Covid-19 response.

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