Precis: Corporations such as fast food chains such as McDonald's, gain control over meat industries.
Gems:
"Ranchers and cowboys have long been the central icons of the American West." Page 136
"The chicken grower provides the land, the labor, the poultry houses, and the fuel." Page 141
"Most chicken growers can not obtain a bank loan without already having a signed contract from a major processor." Page 141
" The suicide rate among ranchers and farmers in the United States is now above three times higher than the national average" Page 147
Thoughts:
If the suicide rate is up for farmers and ranchers why aren't corporations trying harder to lower the rate instead of possibly raising it by stressing out the ranchers with all the demand for these franchises.
Ranchers are actually in more control because if they start demanding more pay for there poultry then franchises and corporations will have to work harder and charge customers more, which might push customers away.
Why do all popular franchises rely on icons to help make them more popular? All they want is as much money as possible
There has to be a solution to all this madness, customers should try and take charge so they get more "bang" for their buck.
Chapter 7: Cogs in the great machine
Precis: Meat industries are being dominated over by illegal immigrants, they work for little pay and have no health insurance.
Gems:
"Mexington"- as it is now called, affectionately by some, disparagingly by others-is an entirely new kind of American town, one that has been transfigured to meet the needs of a modern slaughterhouse" (Pg. 165).
Thoughts:
If workers complain it is easy to assume that they will be fired because it is so easy to find an illegal immigrant who will work for cheaper.
If employees do get fired why don't they ever go to the government and tell them about all the horrible things that occur in the slaughter house's?
A television show should be made and it should be based around the secret life of a slaughter house employee, so we can all really understand the conditions in which the employers have to work.
How doe having a job at a slaughter house affect the house holds of each employer?
Chapter 8: The Most Dangerous Job
Precis: Little cuts and bruises are supported by the IBP so these little things don't have to be reported to the OSHA, but just like the animals in the slaughter houses, employee's aren't taken care of and many work until they no longer can stand, or handle the pain of their injuries.
Gems:
"Indeed, the rate of these cumulative trauma injuries in the meatpacking industry is far higher than the rate in any other American industry." Page 173
"Many women told me stories about being fondled and grabbed on the production line, and the behavior of supervisors sets the tone for the other male workers." Page 176
"The system now leaves countless unskilled and uneducated manual workers poorly compensated for injuries that will forever hamper their ability to earn a living." Page 185
"They used me to the point where i had no more body parts left to give." Page 190
Thoughts:
Why do women put themselves in a working community where they are not respected?
After receiving 2 or more injuries why don't workers find a safer job in the slaughter house, where they are less likely to injury themselves?
Workers in the slaughter house end up being treated like the animals that get killed and mistreated .
What about a slaughter house attract people to work there and stay?
Why don't slaughter house workers, work in the franchise restaurants instead of risking there health and well being? The benefits are probably the same or better.
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