Part 1
In the passage "The New Industrial Immigrants" from Fast Food Nation by the author Eric Shlosser he states that during the late 20th century what the meatpacking district used to be about has changed from wages to a large turnover rate in hiring immigrants. Immigrants came pouring to the USA from the poorest countries. A lot of them were employed. But the pay now is more lower than a few decades ago. This would be due to the rise of turnover rate where Monfort just hires people to fill the jobs fast. Knowing that the pay is low and their vacation never happens most of the workers quit. What the executives claim is that this turnover rate helps with keeping insurance costs low. But a turnover rate for them is their benefit for it makes jobs an advantage for them to control and not get them on union. Part 2
In the passage "The New Industrial Immigrants" from Fast Food Nation by the author Eric Shlosser he states that a way for the meat companies to maintain the flow of new workers in the meat slaugherhouses the company IBP has for many years sent out a team to recruit more workers in the United State's most poorest communities. It has hired refugees, homeless people. Even buses to take the workers far away. Now they have their own labor office in Mexico City, ads. Buses which will take from Mexico to the jobs in America. Immigration services already has an idea that many who work in the meatpacking industry are mostly illegal immigrants but the executives deny this. Even if they deny they have already admitted to paying them the lowest wage. Another company which was GFI also sent recruiters to hire for work. They then rented the bus to send from Texas to Minnesota and left them at a homeless shelter. The company would pay them and give them free hamburgers which was denied and soon this story would go to the news because since they were promised free rentals everyone was angry about it, even the advocates because they knew they shouldn't be assisting companies that transport low-cost labor.
Response
It doesn't surprise me even that much that this has been going on. In my opinion I think after 9/11 it has been more easy for me understand how this country plays the game and it ain't beautiful. This passage is just another part of the game of how the elite play. It makes me think that this world, not just America especially with this topic is almost like a food animal chain. The insect gets eaten by the mouse, mouse gets eaten by owl and it goes on and on. So if we try to educate them about this chain they should be cautious of the person who is at the top of the chain. If not then unfortunately you die or you get played.
An example I can give about this is that right after the attacks on 9/11 the workers who volunteered to work in the clean up were lied to by Rudy Guliani claimed that the "air would be safe". But the workers LIABILITY to this was imminent as they complained about respiratory problems. Some even catching cancer. The workers have finally sued the city for this. I guess there is a reason why the pyramid exists where you group the upper to the lower and this almost reflects the "the new industrial migrants" article.
This is in my opinion also happens in sports entertainment at least that I know of because when Mike Tyson started getting more high in the game and more popular he claims how Don King was an asshole who took 1/3 of his money, humiliated him and betrayed him. He also claims how he did this to others. Now maybe we can say that this being BORNE by the bosses of the companies to gain a lot of profit and yes I know if I was one I would do this for a limited time but I can't understand why be so unfair. Yes we know life is unfair but why be so cruel. Maybe of course in the meatpacking industry it could be overcrowded and there is no choice but we all know they use this excuse to control them so they can be RELUCTANT to join union by turnover rate so obviously something is not right here. They even admitted this. We do understand that in business we are taught then when business go down then companies have to fire their employers. But still they hire anyway and if this was necessary then why they have to be creeps and fake-laugh about it in interviews. Not just these bosses from the food industry but I have seen this kind of response from other elites when confronted.
Overall it's an issue people are already protesting about and I think by buying more healthy foods it takes an affect for the better.
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