The Chain Never Stops: The Role Of Factory Workers In The Workplace

In conclusion, the urban communities are suffering dangerous conditions in the workplace, unsafe products are being produced, and these workers are facing unbearable living conditions in the slums. The work was incredibly dreary, repetitive, and often times exceptionally dangerous. These workers would work incredibly hard shifts and sadly the products they're producing aren't even safe. The slums were packed with the urban

Being confronted with the reality of a desensitised society advances one’s self to a heightened awareness of that reality. ‘The Meatworks’ exhibits this idea through the disregard for non-human life as seen when directly exploiting pigs to earn a living. The enjambment Gray employs within “But I settled for one of the lowest paid jobs, making mince, the furthest end from those bellowing, sloppy yards. Outside the pigs fear”. Along with first person and high modality expresses how both physically and mentally uncomfortable the persona is with being more involved with the slaughter, revealing his standpoint as a humanist, empathising with the pigs. Gray delves further into this empathy, directly describing the result of desensitisation in “arm-thick corkscrews, grinding around inside it, meat or not… using a

Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle had powerful political effects, resulting in his ultimate goal to create change. He was aware about the unsanitary conditions in the meat factories and therefore knew that something needed to be done. He was determined to implant a spark in readers and make them desire change. The variety of the rhetorical devices that Sinclair included helped him accomplish his goal. In chapter 14 from The Jungle, Upton Sinclair identifies imagery, personification, and pathos in order to inspire change upon the unhealthy standards and brutal work conditions in the factories.

In the book Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser talks about the working conditions of fast food meat slaughterhouses. In the chapter “The Most Dangerous Job,” one of the workers, who despised his job, gave Schlosser an opportunity to walk through a slaughterhouse. As the author was progressed backwards through the slaughterhouse, he noticed how all the workers were sitting very close to each other with steel protective vests and knives. The workers were mainly young Latina women, who worked swiftly, accurately, while trying not to fall behind. Eric Schlosser explains how working in the slaughterhouses is the most dangerous profession – these poor working conditions and horrible treatment of employees in the plants are beyond

In The Jungle by Uptown Sinclair, the immigrants were exploited to a point of slavery. They were not treated with care, and were considered a number and not a person. The company did not care whether or not how the person did their job, or how much danger the person in. As long as the job was done on time, and no money was wasted. At some points the men would not be able to work. Some men had little to no feeling in their hands due to cuts, and bruises. Uptown Sinclair showed this by saying, “The hands of these men would be criss-crossed with cuts, until you could no longer pretend to count them or to trace them.”-chapter 8 Sinclair. No person should have to go through all the pain and suffering these men had. It is hard for a person to make

Throughout coal country during the early 1900's you could find the fiery spirited Mother Jones; a union organizer for the United Mine Workers. Mother Jones fought tirelessly to bring together the ‘rank-and-file miners' in order to improve their working conditions, wages, and give them a voice in the workplace. What made Mother Jones the most feared woman in the 1900's was her power of conviction. Her speeches were extremely moving, which called men to action, and if her energy and passion were not enough she would embarrass them, calling their manliness into question. Mother Jones was so moving she was also able to call the mothers and children of the mineworkers to aid in their efforts. She was one of the most successful union organizers

The Jungle demonstrates the exploitation of workers under the capitalist system where the majority of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few while workers like Jurgis are forced to become wage slaves in order to survive. Not only does the owners see workers as “wild beasts” and trap

The lack of oversight in politics allowed industries to circumvent controversy and take advantage of the american people. Furthermore businesses such as the meat industry were able to sell unhealthy meat to the people. As well the meat industry provided unsanitary and harsh working conditions in which nobody could work in. For example in “The Jungle” Sinclair describes the horrific process in the meat industry and the reality of the business. In a meat packing factory a family has to deal with the harsh working conditions: “And yet, in spite of this, there would be hams found spoiled, some of them with an odor so bad that a man could hardly bear to be in the room with them” (160 Sinclair). The meatpackers revolting and toxic hygiene practice serves as a metaphor for the exploitive labor

“I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we 've got to do it right. We 've got to give those animals a decent life and we 've got to give them a painless death. We owe the animal respect.” ― Temple Grandin. Temple Grandin brings up a brilliant point, it’s okay to eat meat but it’s not okay to treat these animals throughout their life as just something that you will be killing. They have the right to live healthily and in a property environment. Throughout the novel The Chain by Ted Genoways it brings a light to all the dangerous conditions animals and workers go through and what actually goes into the meat you buy in stores. Although low prices on farm produced meat sound enticing, the abused caused to animals and the dangerous working conditions for workers cause dangerously poor sanitation, and can affect many Americans health.

Discoveries can be confronting and provocative. From this, we can be exposed to disturbing images that make us question our societal values. In ‘The Meatworks’, Gray quickly establishes this unwelcoming nature of discoveries through the explicitly derogatory description of the abattoirs processes and it’s accompanied workers. This is evident through the use of provocative imagery in “arm-thick corkscrews, grinding around inside it, meat or not”. From this depiction, we are exposed to the merciless treatment of the of the +pigs as they lose their identity. The fact that the machine never stops grinding whether there is meat in there or not denotes such a sense of insensitivity towards the process, causing the reader to feel distressed and guilty of the slaughter.  A degree of insensitivity is also presented to the reader through the recurring motif of blood, an idea that is central to the poem. “Stench of blood…chomping

In chapter nine of The Jungle, Upton Sinclair talks about the lives that the working-class experiences at work. They are horrible. For example, butchers and floor men are known for not lasting in that specific job because that job is extremely dangerous. The job is so dangerous, that it would not be surprising if you lost fingers. Once you lose a thumb you are worthless. Since during the progressive era is the only way to survive and feed yourself and your family, people did these jobs. Workers were so focused on working and making money, they were not careful. This results in losing fingers, but the work continues because work is priority number one. Not only were the working conditions dangerous, they are not sanitary. Men who worked with meat were more likely to catch tuberculosis because meat was never handled properly. This was a time where people were not aware of germs and how that can affect your health. During this time, people cared more about making money and getting their work done no matter what. Since this working class is mostly in poverty, they have to support their family even if the job

In The Jungle and Fast Food Nation, the conditions and safety of the factory was portrayed in different aspects. Sinclair 's motive behind the writing of The Jungle was for the public to see the lack of safety and poor conditions the workers faced. Workers in the meatpacking industry during the early 1900s were subject to inhumane and brutal treatment including small pay, severe injuries, and even death. Workers were there for long hours with little compensation for risking their limbs and lives as a result of the work. Many were covered with cuts, working in an environment filled with diseases, and without fingers from the acid exposure

In the novel The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, the butchered animals within the factory represent the miserable lives of the immigrants and poor people of Chicago. Sinclair creates this representation through paralleling the experiences of the animals and the people. Both the animals and the people are oblivious as to their ultimate fate; the animals do not know that the factory is the path to their death, and the immigrants do not know of all the calamities that will befall them in the United States. The novel creates parallelism in the treatment of the animals and the people; both the animals and the people are treated in atrocious ways. Finally, there is considerable similarity between the indignant deaths of the animals and the people. Thus, from the beginning of the animals’ lives in the factory and the immigrants’ lives in the United States to the death of both the animals and the immigrants and poor people, there is resemblance between the animals and the people.

Chains isolate the hope of families, No regard for the lives within. The cries for freedom and victory. Members sold, Stories told, Families may be torn apart, But Isabel always has them in her heart.

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) started in July 1935 to protect the rights of employees, rather, they be union or nor-union employees (Pozgar, 2012). The employees are protected under the Act or may employ in bubble-like, rigorous goings-on in situations other than the customary union organizations and cooperative bargaining. The National Labor Relations Board regulates the employers from interfering with the rights of the employees to implement or organize and join with a groups that offers assists with collective bargaining purposes like organization union or joining one (Pozgar, 2012). The employer may not restrain, coerce or stop employees