Fast Food Nation By Eric Schlosser
Chapter 8: When people think about the most dangerous jobs they think about the slaughter house. Slaughter houses are the workplace of the most injuries recorded. Majority of the workers were immigrants and not involved in a union so it made it easier for their injuries to be covered up and ignored. Benefits were reduced and people were severely hurt and still forced to work. until the company felt they were useless.
Gems:
“During a three month period in 1985, the first log recorded 1800 injuries and illness in the plant. The OHSA log recorded 160, a discrepancy of more then 1000 percent.”(180)
“The fine was $480 for each mans death.” (1780
“Sharping big knives in her lap as if she was knitting a sweater.” (173)
Thoughts: The employees of the slaughterhouses depend on their jobs severely because most of the time they aren't qualified for other jobs. The slaughterhouses did not care about them enough to give them fair benefits.
Meatpacking is the most dangerous job in America so why aren't people doing something to make them safer?
I then began to think about who and what America stands for. America still and always will be a Capitalist country. These Meat Packing business are multi billion dollar companies. This makes it easier for America to sacrifice lives, especially if the majority of them are immigrants.
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