 These changes have made meatpacking — once a highly skilled, highly paid occupation — into the most dangerous job in the United States, performed by armies of poor, transient immigrants whose injuries often go unrecorded and uncompensated.  The 1990sby Marc Oxoby - 2003 - 270 pagesNo preview available - About this book
 | Eric Schlosser - Convenience foods - 2001 - 376 pages
...encouraged fundamental changes in how cattle are raised, slaughtered, and processed into ground beef. These changes have made meatpacking — once a highly...immigrants whose injuries often go unrecorded and uncompensated. And the same meat industry practices that endanger these workers have facilitated the... | |
 | Greg Kennedy - Philosophy - 2012 - 240 pages
...labor force with one of the highest risks of poisoning of all occupations. Meat-packing has "turned into the most dangerous job in the United States,...immigrants whose injuries often go unrecorded and uncompensated." 17 It is tempting to take these unfortunate circumstances as accidental to the technological... | |
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