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Anthropologist Steve Striffler begins this book in a poultry processing plant, drawing on his own experiences there as a worker. He also reports on the way chickens are raised today and how they are consumed. What he discovers about America's favorite meat is not just unpleasant but a powerful indictment of our industrial food system. The process of bringing chicken to our dinner tables is unhealthy for all concerned-from farmer to factory worker to consumer. The book traces the development of the poultry industry since the Second World War, analyzing the impact of such changes as the destruction of the family farm, the processing of chicken into nuggets and patties, and the changing makeup of the industrial labor force. The author describes the lives of immigrant workers and their reception in the small towns where they live. The conclusion is clear: there has to be a better way. Striffler proposes radical but practical change, a plan that promises more humane treatment of chickens, better food for the consumer, and fair payment for food workers and farmers.
Chicken industry --- Poultry plants --- History. --- McDonald's Corporation.
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Industrial safety --- Employers' liability --- Poultry plants --- Government policy --- Fires and fire prevention --- Imperial Food Products. --- Fire, 1991. --- United States. --- North Carolina
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Poultry plants --- Employers' liability --- Industrial safety --- Racism --- Fires and fire prevention --- Government policy --- Economic aspects --- Imperial Food Products. --- Fire, 1991. --- Hamlet (N.C.) --- History.
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The arrival of several hundred Guatemalan-born workers in a Morganton, North Carolina poultry plant sets the stage for this story of human struggle in an age of globalization. The author follows what happened when concerns about fairness and safety sparked a strike and an unlikely coalition.
Alien labor, Guatemalan. --- Labor disputes. --- Mayas. --- Poultry plants. --- Business. --- Poultry plants --- Labor disputes --- Foreign workers, Guatemalan --- Mayas --- Business & Economics --- Labor & Workers' Economics --- Employees --- Labor unions --- Employees. --- Maya Indians --- Mayans --- Alien labor, Guatemalan --- Guatemalan foreign workers --- Poultry dressing plants --- Poultry feeding and dressing stations --- Poultry feeding stations --- Poultry processing plants --- Actions, Job --- Disputes, Labor --- Industrial disputes --- Job actions --- Law and legislation --- Indians of Central America --- Indians of Mexico --- Factory farms --- Food processing plants --- Poultry industry --- Industrial relations
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