Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Poultry Workers

From Mother Jones Online:
After a three-year project interviewing dozens of current and former [American] workers across the country, Oxfam came to this stark conclusion:
Routinely, poultry workers say, they are denied breaks to use the bathroom. Supervisors mock their needs and ignore their requests; they threaten punishment or firing. Workers wait inordinately long times (an hour or more), then race to accomplish the task within a certain timeframe (e.g., ten minutes) or risk discipline.
When plucking a chicken, take heed;
the management spits on your need
to take a small break --
and what is at stake
is how much your pants you have peed.


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