Home Business 'Elbow to elbow:' North America meat plant workers fall ill, walk off... Business 'Elbow to elbow:' North America meat plant workers fall ill, walk off jobs By Genpie - April 14, 2020 86 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp At a Wayne Farms chicken processing plant in Alabama, workers recently had to pay the company 10 cents a day to buy masks to protect themselves from the new coronavirus, according to a meat inspector.