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Life and death of the American worker : the immigrants taking on America's largest meatpacking company /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Driver, Alice L. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, [2024].
Subjects:	Tyson (Firm) Packing-house workers > Interviews. Packing-houses > United States > History > Sources. Emigration and immigration law > United States. Meat industry and trade > United States.

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