Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America's Lar...

Description: Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, an explosive exposé of the toxic labor practices at the largest meatpacking company in America and the immigrant workers who had the courage to fight back. On June 27, 2011, a deadly chemical accident took place inside the Tyson Foods chicken processing plant in Springdale, Arkansas, where the company is headquartered. The company quickly covered it up although the spill left their employees injured, sick, and terrified. Over the years, Arkansas-based reporter Alice Driver was able to gain the trust of the immigrant workers who survived the accident. They rewarded her persistence by giving her total access to their lives. Having spent hours in their kitchens and accompanying them to doctor's appointments, Driver has memorialized in these pages the dramatic lives of husband and wife Plácido and Angelina, who liked to spend weekends planting seeds from their native El Salvador in their garden; father and son Martín and Gabriel, who migrated from Mexico at different times and were trying to patch up their relationship; and many other immigrants who survived the chemical accident in Springdale that day. During the course of Alice's reporting, the COVID-19 pandemic struck the community, and the workers were forced to continue production in unsafe conditions, watching their colleagues get sick and die one by one. These essential workers, many of whom only speak Spanish and some of whom are illiterate--all of whom suffer the health consequences of Tyson's negligence--somehow found the strength and courage to organize and fight back, culminating in a lawsuit against Tyson Foods, the largest meatpacking company in America. Richly detailed, fiercely honest, and deeply reported, Life and Death of the American Worker will forever change the way we think about the people who prepare our food. Product details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atria/One Signal Publishers Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1668078821 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1668078822 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.38 inches SHIPPING Shipping All items fast and secure. The majority of orders are shipped using USPS Priority Mail and UPS Ground if requested. There is an option at checkout to add a Signature of Delivery for extra security & peace of mind. This means you need to sign for your parcel. 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Price: 24.95 USD

Location: Chambersburg, PA

End Time: 2025-01-16T17:00:13.000Z

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Restocking Fee: No

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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)

Binding: Hardcover

Subject: Life and Death of the American Worker Hardcover by Alice Driver

Year Printed: 2024

ISBN: 1668078821

Book Title: Life and Death of the American Worker : The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Meatpacking Company

Number of Pages: 272 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Atria Books

Topic: Public Policy / Immigration, Economics / General, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy)

Publication Year: 2024

Item Height: 1 in

Genre: Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics

Item Weight: 12.5 Oz

Item Length: 8.4 in

Author: Alice Driver

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Hardcover