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Blue Harvest adds plexiglass barriers, $1 per hour hazard pay

The plexiglass separators are three sided and, in addition to acting as shields, help to enforce social distance spacing

By Undercurrent News | May 1, 2020 22:06 BST
Plexiglass panels inserted in processing lines by Blue Harvest Fisheries, in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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Blue Harvest Fisheries has bounced back from the 72-hour shutdown of its processing plant in New Bedford, Massachusetts, over COVID-19 infection fears a week ago by installing plexiglass panels between workers on the lines and offering an extra $1 per hour in hazard pay [...]

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