Labor Issues in the Food Supply Chain Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The impacts of COVID-19 on labor in the food supply chain and on workers' decisions to accept essential jobs are discussed. We then analyze surveys administered to low-skilled domestic workers before and during the pandemic to assess respondents' attitudes toward food production, guest workers, immigration policy, and the government's response to COVID-19. Results suggest the outbreak resulted in respondents, on average, shifting their view toward food being a national security issue and a higher degree of empathy for H-2A workers. Regression analysis shows that gender, current agricultural workers, and information on COVID-19 and agricultural field workers influenced respondents' answers.

SUBMITTER: Luckstead J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7646642 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature