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According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly one in three slaughterhouse workers suffers from illness or injury every year, compared to one in 10 workers in other manufacturing jobs.1 The rate of repetitive stress injury for slaughterhouse employees is 35 times higher...
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www.goveg.com/workerRights.asp
www.goveg.com/workerRights.asp
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Eisnitz includes interviews with numerous slaughterhouse workers who speak candidly of their experiences on the front line of one of the nation's largest agribusinesses. While documenting many instances of worker cruelty toward live animals, Eisnitz sees these employees as victims of the system.
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www.hutch.demon.co.uk/prom/slaughte.htm
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Working Conditions in American Slaughterhouses 2001 ... Slaughterhouse workers told him they looked forward to packing beef bound for the European Union, because companies slowed the lines then so the meat would pass stricter EU inspections. Schlosser sees stronger meatpacking unions as one possible solution.
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www.organicconsumers.org/irrad/slaughterworkers.cfm
www.organicconsumers.org/irrad/slaughterworkers.cfm
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Or do you believe there are many slaughterhouse workers with similar feelings of compassion that are simply buried? If so, why? and what can be done to bring out this buried compassion?
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www.upc-online.org/fall04/virgil.htm
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Slaughterhouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A slaughterhouse , also called an abattoir (from the French verb abattre , "to strike down"), or freezing works (New Zealand English), is a facility where animals are killed and processed into...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughterhouse
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In the slaughterhouse floor at Quality Pork Processors Inc. is an area known as the "head table," but not because it is the place of honor. It is where workers cut up pigs' heads and then shoot compressed air into the skulls until the brains come spilling out.
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www.boingboing.net/2007/12/07/11-slaughterhouse-wo.html
www.boingboing.net/2007/12/07/11-slaughterhouse-wo.html
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The following is testimony from different USDA inspectors and slaughterhouse workers: (All the following events and acts violate the federally mandated Humane Slaughter Act.) ; INSPECTOR: Dragging live cattle with a chain and a forklift is standard practice at plants.
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www.scambustersusa.com/articles/Animal_Cruelty/usda_mea...
www.scambustersusa.com/articles/Animal_Cruelty/usda_meat_inspectors_amd_slaughterhouse_workers_testimonials.shtml
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This report summarizes an ongoing investigation of PIN, a syndrome that appears to be associated with swine slaughterhouse workers who process pig heads. Several clinical and laboratory features of this illness and the distinctive epidemiology associated with patients appear unique.
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www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm57e131a1.htm
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During May 1985, five cases of hepatitis were reported to the Solano County (California) Health Department among workers at a local meatpacking plant that processes sheep. Illnesses were characterized by fever, malaise, myalgias, severe headache, and abdominal pain, but no jaundice.
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www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000714.htm
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