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Topic: Abuses Against Workers Taint U.S. Meat & Poultry Industry
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robbie_dee
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posted 25 January 2005 09:16 PM
Deeply troubling. quote:
(Chicago, January 25, 2005)—Workers in the U.S. meat and poultry industry endure unnecessarily hazardous work conditions, and the companies employing them often use illegal tactics to crush union organizing efforts, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.In meat and poultry plants across the United States, Human Rights Watch found that many workers face a real danger of losing a limb, or even their lives, in unsafe work conditions. It also found that companies frequently deny workers’ compensation to employees injured on the job, intimidate and fire workers who try to organize, and exploit workers’ immigrant status in order to keep them quiet about abuses.
Field research for the report examined beef packing in Nebraska, hog slaughtering in North Carolina, and poultry processing in Arkansas. The report looks closely at companies such as Tyson Foods Inc., Smithfield Foods Inc., and Nebraska Beef Ltd.
“Meatpacking is the most dangerous factory job in America,” said Lance Compa, the report’s author and a labor rights researcher for Human Rights Watch. “Dangerous conditions are cheaper for companies—and the government does next to nothing.”
Human Rights Watch: Press Release Human Rights Watch: Full Report
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robbie_dee
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posted 01 February 2005 12:12 PM
I got this email action alert today from Jobs with Justice: quote:
More than 1,500 workers at the Tyson plant in Pasco – most of them Latino, Bosnian, and Vietnamese immigrants – have been fighting to remain members of Teamsters Local 556 since early last year. In April 2004, Tyson management tried to get workers to vote out their union, but workers voted to remain union members and to enter into contract negotiations. Instead of respecting the vote, Tyson has frozen workers wages and tried to break the union again. February 9-11, the workers must vote again to stay members of their union.It is important that Tyson workers know that they have the support of the community in their fight to preserve their democratic right to choose union representation. Please take a moment to let the workers know that they have your support!
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