"Most of the nonunion workers are recent immigrants; many are illegals; and they are generally employed "at will". That means they can be fired without warning, for just about any reason." Reasons like this are why complaints aren't often filed. 1/3 of IBP employees belong to an union. pg 174

"During a three-month period in 1985, the first log recorded 1,800 injuries and illnesses at the plant. The OSHA log recorded only 160 - a discrepancy of more than a 1,000 percent" pg. 180

"Congressman Tom Lantos, whose subcommittee conducted the meatpacking inquiry, called IBP "one of the most irresponsible and reckless corporations in America."" pg. 180

"... the Supreme Court upheld a lower court's award of $2 million to Wilson and described some of IBP's unethical practices." pg. 181

"Murphy claimed that he had battled the company for years over safety issues and that Montfort had unfairly made him the scapegoat for its own illegal behavior." pg. 182

"A lawsuit filed in May of 1998 suggests that little has changed since IBP was caught keeping two sets of injury logs more than a decade ago." pg. 182

"...The woman alleged that supervisors at a Monfort plant in Cactus, Texas, pressured them for dates and sex, and that male coworkers groped them, kissed them, and used animal parts in a sexually explicit manner." pg 176

"IF a worker agrees not to report an injury, a supervisor will usually shift him or her to an easier job for a while, providing some time to heal." pg 175

"...the same struggle to receive proper medical care, the same fear of speaking out, the same underlying corporate indifference." page 186

"We are human beings, more than one person told me, but they treat us like animals." page 186

"The company doctor bandaged Kenny's back and said the pain was just a pulled muscle." page 187

"'It hurt so fucking bad you wouldn't believe it,' he told me." page 187

"According to a former manager of the Greeley plant, Monfort was trying to get rid of Kenny, trying to make his work so unpleasant that he'd quit." page 188

"Workers who spray it need to wear protective gloves, safety goggles, a self-contained respirator, and full coveralls. Kenny's supervisors gave him a paper dust mask..." page 188

"Kenny learned that he'd been fired when his payments to the company health insurance plan kept being returned by the post office." page 190

"After almost sixteen years on the job, Kenny did not get any pension from Monfort." page 190

"'They used me to the point where I had no body parts left to give,' Kenny said, struggling to maintain his composure. 'Then they just tossed me into the trash can.'"

Start a petition to help stop the cruelty of the meat packing industry, and make more heavily enforced laws and regulations for the industry.

Start an ad campaign addressing the problems in the meat packing industry.

Make a brief video illustrating the dangers of the meat packing work environments.

"For obvious reasons, a modern slaughterhouse is not a safe place to be high" pg 174