Committee chairs expect to send letters to agency heads, including Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, following the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo case.
In early negotiations, the union asked for an increase in pay because of the higher cost of living and to maintain some pay increases that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The US Supreme Court overturned decades-old legal precedent on June 28, which could impact the US Department of Agriculture and other agencies’ ability to regulate in the future.
The protein processor will also donate a truckload of chicken products to the Food Bank of Siouxland in Sioux City, Iowa, to support people impacted by the historic flooding.
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