Trump Plans To Beef Up Meat Production After Coronavirus Hits Plants
![President Trump plans to use the Defense Production Act to keep meat plants running. Workers at the plants have been pushing for more protection from the virus.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/04/28/gettyimages-1211164150_wide-0359206d16031a79e55f85036c8b934165965064.jpg?s=600)
President Trump will invoke the Defense Production Act to ensure plants keep running. Workers have said they need more protection after illnesses and deaths on the line.
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