Immigrant Workers in the United States Meat and Poultry Industry

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December 14, 2005 7:00PM EST | Commentary

Immigrant Workers in the United States Meat and Poultry Industry

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Committee on Migrant Workers

Immigrant workers make up the majority of the labor force in the U.S. meat and poultry industry. This submission offers the case of immigrant workers in the meat and poultry industry in the United States as evidence of failure by the U.S. government to assure respect for workers’ human rights.