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

Atria Books

Life and Death of the American WorkerThe Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Meatpacking Company\nAuthor(s): Alice Driver\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Atria Books, United States\nImprint: Atria Books\nISBN-13: 9781668078839, 978-1668078839\nSynopsis\nWinner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, and a New Yorker best book of 2024, a startling glimpse into the meatpacking industrys abuse of undocumented and incarcerated workers (The New York Times Book Review) and those who had the courage to fight back. \n\nOn 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 urged everyone return to work, 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 t.