As line speeds increase, meatpacking workers are in ever more danger

One meatpacking worker I interviewed cried telling me how an industrial bag sealer seared away the flesh from her fingers. Another got emotional telling me about her supervisor’s constant screaming and the stress of keeping up. One told me that when she is on the line trimming chicken wings, she is terrified of breaking the cardinal rule that workers from meat and poultry slaughtering and processing plants across the United States shared with me: Don’t stop the line.  Over the past year, I interviewed current and former workers from chicken, hog and cattle slaughtering and processing plants in…

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