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The 21st Century Jungle

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On January 5, 2018
Upton Sinclair wrote his 1906 famous book to expose the horrible lives of slaughterhouse workers. But, much to his disappointment, Americans focused upon the horrible meat they were ingesting and didn't much care about the workers he described or the socialist politics he hoped to...

What Could Go Wrong

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On February 27, 2015

Good ol' regulatory capture: Department of Agriculture edition from Tom Philpott: Their comments focus on three Hormel-associated plants, which are among just five hog facilities enrolled in a pilot inspection.

Chinese Chicken

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On November 7, 2014
I know my trust in the quality of the chicken I eat (not that I eat very much) is really reinforced by the United States now accepting Chinese imports of cooked chicken products that come from chickens grown in "approved nations." If there's one thing,...
This is a great graph on the decline of meatpacking wages compared to industrial work as a whole. All industrial work has stagnate for 35 years (real wage decline of 1.5% since 1979). Meatpacking--real wage decline by a mere 28.3%. How did this happen? Meatpacking...

Poultry Plants

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On April 29, 2014

The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a federal complaint against conditions in an Alabama poultry factory. Beatriz Navedo began to feel dizzy as she worked a processing line at.

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