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Philly meat worker’s family sues over COVID-19 death. Suit says JBS boosted production in early pandemic with ‘Saturday kill.’

JBS tacked onto the production schedule in a Pennsylvania meat plant a “Saturday Kill” program to satisfy demand in the “public panic purchases of ground meat,” according to a suit claiming a wrongful death occurred to a JBS worker.

Enoch Benjamin, a union leader at JBS Beef plant in Souderton, died of respiratory failure from COVID-19 in early April, the family said.
Enoch Benjamin, a union leader at JBS Beef plant in Souderton, died of respiratory failure from COVID-19 in early April, the family said.Read moreBenjamin family