Blood, Sweat, and Fear Workers Rights in U.S. Meat and Poultry Plants |
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| "But workers [in the meat and poultry industry] ... contend with conditions, vulnerabilities, and abuses which violate human rights." - Human Rights Watch Report, January 2005 |
Acknowledgements
I. Summary
II. Historical Background
III. International Law: Workers Human Rights, Government
Obligations, and Corporate Responsibility
IV. Worker
Health and Safety in the Meat and Poultry Industry
V. Workers
Compensation in the Meat and Poultry Industry
VI. Freedom
of Association in the Meat and Poultry Industry
VII. Immigrant Workers in the Meat and Poultry Industry
VIII. The
Impact of Hoffman Plastic on Workers Rights
IX. Recommendations
Appendix A:
The Production Process in Meat and Poultry Plants
Appendix B: Human Rights Standards on Workers Health and
Safety, Workers Compensation
Appendix C:
Human Rights Standards on Freedom of Association
Appendix D:
Human Rights Standards on Migrant Workers
Appendix E:
Tyson Trial Transcript
Appendix F:
Injury Interviews and Data
Appendix G:
Nebraskas Meatpacking Workers Bill of Rights
Appendix H:
Nebraska Non-English Speaking Workers Protection Act
ISBN:
1-56432-330-7 January 2005