Source: POLITICO'S MORNING AGRICULTURE, 6/26/20

Over the past 100 days, 238 employees with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, which represents meatpacking, grocery store and health care workers, have died from Covid-19 and nearly 29,000 have been infected or exposed, the union reported on Thursday.

At least 65 meatpacking workers have died from the virus. April saw the biggest spike in new cases at meat processing plants, the union said, and May was the deadliest month for the industry with 38 workers deaths.

In food processing facilities, there have been at least 28 worker deaths, the group said. April was the deadliest month for the industry with 19 deaths — that month also saw the biggest spike in cases.

The union reupped its call for hazard pay for essential workers, as well as a $15 per hour wage. Leaders also want to see a public mask mandate in all 50 states, as well as a national public registry to track infections in workers.