Federal food inspectors contracting coronavirus as plants stay open




Federal Drive with Tom Temin show

Summary: You might be preparing to put some burgers on the grill this May weekend, maybe steaks. When you do, pause for a moment to think of the 6,500 federal food safety inspectors working in meatpacking plants ordered by the White House to stay open. More than 130 of them have already contracted the coronavirus. For what's going on from the inspectors' standpoint, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the acting president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 45, Paula Schelling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices