Roughly One Hundred Illinois Pork Plant Workers Walk Out After Co-Worker Dies During Overnight Shift

Roughly One Hundred Illinois Pork Plant Workers Walk Out After Co-Worker Dies During Overnight Shift

Roughly 100 workers reportedly left Smithfield Foods' Monmouth, Illinois, plant after maintenance worker Patou M. Mpinda died during an overnight shift. OSHA and the coroner are investigating.

Workers Walk Out After Fourth Death At Smithfield Meat Plant

Smithfield Foods has denied a mass walk-out after hundreds of meat plant employees chose not to work following a colleague's death This article was written by Editorial Team on the PBN Website.

After employee dies, roughly 100 Illinois pork plant workers walk out over safety fears

Roughly 100 workers at Smithfield Foods' pork plant in Monmouth, Illinois, walked off the job after a co-worker died during an overnight shift.

The death of a Smithfield Foods employee at the company’s Monmouth, Illinois, plant is drawing renewed attention to conditions at the facility

The death of a Smithfield Foods employee at the company's Monmouth, Illinois, plant is drawing renewed attention to conditions at the facility. Forty-four-year-old Patou Mpinda died last week in what Smithfield has described as a workplace incident. The circumstances of his death remain under investigation. The renewed scrutiny comes as residents continue reporting a strong odor around the plant. Smithfield representatives told the Monmouth City…