Agricultural Worker Justice Act

The Agricultural Worker Justice Act (S 2601) requires USDA to only purchase products from facilities paying workers at prevailing wage rates, prohibits stock buybacks by USDA-funded entities, and creates a list of companies ineligible for contracts based on serious labor violations. It establishes new safety standards for meatpacking facilities, including limits on line speeds without safety certification, requirements for "no fault attendance policies" to protect legally protected leave, and enhanced OSHA enforcement for workplace injuries. The bill also mandates GAO to report on racial and ethnic disparities in meatpacking workplaces and requires meatpacking companies to disclose workplace injury data during pandemics.