Meatpacking Industry
Why does the process of the factory affect the efficiency of the workers? The slaughtering, processing, and packaging of meat done by the immigrant workers at meat industries has caused high incidence of accidents, injuries and illnesses. In the article, by Barbara,Young,“Zoned for Efficiency” it connects to the points in Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser about how the workers need to stay working at a fast pace in order for the meat packing industry to make more money. If the workers are on track then the process of the meatpacking industry is doing excellent.The way meatpacking plants operate it leads to mistreatment of the predominantly immigrant workers who already are not paid enough for their labor.
To begin with,the cycle of mistreatment …show more content…
The workers rarely get a break during the long hours they have to work because they have so many tasks to complete in a certain amount of hours and if they mess up there will be severe consequences for them like getting fired. Since there are many illegal workers who want a job desperately they can be easily replaced when fired. The most difficult part is that they have to use big knives to cut the meats which are very heavy and it puts them in more danger of getting in an incident. In the book, Fast Food Nation there are workers like Kenny who talk about how the system knows “We are human beings, more than one person told me, but they treat us like animals”(Schlosser 186). The workers always try speaking out and talking about their stories of their own or others who are mistreated inside the factory but since they are “nobodies” no one wants to pay attention to them.Moreover, all of these meatpacking industries mistreat the workers by having them work at a fast pace so the process won’t be backed up. All that is important is the speed and not the safety of the managers employee’s. The meatpacking industry does not want to lose any money because that would mess up their whole business, all because one worker who was not being …show more content…
Immigrant workers make up the majority of the labor force in the U.S. meat and poultry industry. Along with immigrant counterparts in the agricultural sector, they literally feed the people of the United States. If there were no hard working illegal workers being forced to work at such fast pace, the world would be chaos and there would barely be any fast food restaurants. We all know fast food may be faster and easier than a home cooked meal, but the consequences of eating too much could potentially damage a person’s life. The thing is that Americans do not care about what they are eating as long as they have a full stomach. Americans are always busy and don’t have time to be making home cooked meals in the mornings or everyday for their lunch break. Meatpacking industries and fast food restaurants hire these immigrants because they know they are desperate for jobs and they are good at them too, so they will do their best to never fall
To begin with,the cycle of mistreatment …show more content…
The workers rarely get a break during the long hours they have to work because they have so many tasks to complete in a certain amount of hours and if they mess up there will be severe consequences for them like getting fired. Since there are many illegal workers who want a job desperately they can be easily replaced when fired. The most difficult part is that they have to use big knives to cut the meats which are very heavy and it puts them in more danger of getting in an incident. In the book, Fast Food Nation there are workers like Kenny who talk about how the system knows “We are human beings, more than one person told me, but they treat us like animals”(Schlosser 186). The workers always try speaking out and talking about their stories of their own or others who are mistreated inside the factory but since they are “nobodies” no one wants to pay attention to them.Moreover, all of these meatpacking industries mistreat the workers by having them work at a fast pace so the process won’t be backed up. All that is important is the speed and not the safety of the managers employee’s. The meatpacking industry does not want to lose any money because that would mess up their whole business, all because one worker who was not being …show more content…
Immigrant workers make up the majority of the labor force in the U.S. meat and poultry industry. Along with immigrant counterparts in the agricultural sector, they literally feed the people of the United States. If there were no hard working illegal workers being forced to work at such fast pace, the world would be chaos and there would barely be any fast food restaurants. We all know fast food may be faster and easier than a home cooked meal, but the consequences of eating too much could potentially damage a person’s life. The thing is that Americans do not care about what they are eating as long as they have a full stomach. Americans are always busy and don’t have time to be making home cooked meals in the mornings or everyday for their lunch break. Meatpacking industries and fast food restaurants hire these immigrants because they know they are desperate for jobs and they are good at them too, so they will do their best to never fall