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UFCW Calls For Worker Component To Bird Flu Plan
Posted to the IUF website 14-Mar-2006Share this article.
If a bird flu pandemic were to break out in the United States, workers in America's poultry industry would be the first to notice sick birds, the first to risk exposure to the deadly virus, and the first to sound the alarm. That's why the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) has sent a letter to President Bush urging him to initiate coordinated protection for poultry workers on the front lines by initiating a Cabinet-level meeting to discuss worker issues and the potential pandemic.
Read the UFCW press release here