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WORKPLACE SAFETY IN THE MEAT PACKING INDUSTRY

WORKPLACE SAFETY IN THE MEAT PACKING INDUSTRY: CURRENT SITUATION, CONTRIBUTING CAUSES, & IMPLICATIONS FOR WORKERS & CONSUMERS

The meatpacking industry in the United States was examined from a perspective that placed a primary focus on worker safety in the industry. The current situation in the industry was reviewed from this perspective, and from that perspective, casual factors of the problem were identified and discussed.

The examination found that worker safety in the meatpacking industry continues to be a major problem, and it was found that the industry leads all other industries in the rate of repetitive serious injuries. Important causal factors for the safety situation in the industry are (a) structural changes that have tilted power within the industry to employers who force labor rates down by killing unions, (b) exceptionally high rates of labor turnover stemming from the actions of employers, and (c) an impotent United States Department of Agriculture.

The implication of the situation in the industry for workers is a continuation of high-risk employment for lower compensation. The implication of the situation in the industry for consumers is an increasing frequency of food-borne disease from meat.

This paper examines the meatpacking industry in the United States from a primary perspective of worker safety. From this perspective, however, contributing causes of problems related to worker safety are examined, as are implications for both workers and consumers.

In 1905, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was published. Sinclair (1905; 2003) was a social reformer whose primary purpose in The Jungle was to expose the exploitation of immigrant workers. To accomplish this goal, he wrote a story that focused in the plight of one family that depended on employment in the meatpacking industry in Chicago.

The description of the gruesome and vile conditions in the cattle slaughterhouses got the attention of the Americ...

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