Hog wild

the battle for workers' rights at the world's largest slaughterhouse

288 pages

English language

Published May 15, 2018

ISBN:
978-1-60938-585-9
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OCLC Number:
1007035640

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Long road to justice

4 stars

Journalistic account of twenty years fighting against worker abuse at the Smithfield packing plant in North Carolina, and the ineffectiveness of the NLRB in providing any protection even as it repeatedly finds the company egregiously in violation of labor law. Blends in the environmental, immigration, and racist costs of corporate centralized agriculture.

Subjects

  • Slaughtering and slaughter-houses
  • Labor unions
  • Inc Smithfield Foods
  • Employees
  • Meat industry and trade
  • Corrupt practices
  • Employee rights
  • History

Places

  • Tar Heel
  • North Carolina

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