Grocery, retail workers are fighting fears by feeding Minn. during COVID-19
They're working 24/7 to make sure that food pantry, co-op and grocery store shelves are stocked, that farmers markets still hum, that prescriptions, produce, meat and toilet paper are delivered to our door.
Midwest union leader talks safety, shopping smart and his hope for life after COVID-19
Utecht is president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 663, a union of more than 13,000 members in Minnesota and Iowa, including 1,850 at the JBS pork plant in Worthington.
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