Seafood processing workers across the Southcoast are raising concerns for a second time this year about unsafe working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The death of a New Bedford fish plant worker: A son’s story
Juan, a teenage vocational school student in New Bedford, lost his dad, Francisco, to COVID-19 nearly two months ago. Francisco was one of hundreds of fish plant workers in the city’s seafood industry that processed fish during the pandemic. Dozens have contracted the virus. Juan never understood how hard his dad worked until he died, when Juan had to get a job and work as a fish plant worker himself.
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Fish plant workers rally from their cars, call for better workplace safety standards amid COVID-19
Immigrant workers in New Bedford, including those in the city’s lucrative fish processing industry, protested in their cars on Friday urging companies to implement more worker safety protections amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Largest New Bedford employers to discuss issues surrounding COVID-19 crisis
New Bedford’s largest employers are set to speak with local officials on Thursday about the problems they are facing during the COVID-19 crisis.