Life and death of the American worker the immigrants taking on America's largest meatpacking company

On 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 quickly covered it up although the spill left their employees injured, sick, and terrified. Over the years, Arkansas-based...

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Main Author: Driver, Alice L. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2024.
Edition:First One Signal Publishers / Atria Books hardcover edition.
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Summary:On 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 quickly covered it up 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 their lives.
Physical Description:xvi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781668078822
1668078821
Author Notes:Alice Driver is a J. Anthony Lukas and James Beard Award-winning writer from the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. Driver is the author of Life and Death of the American Worker , More or Less Dead , and the forthcoming Artists All Around , a memoir about her family's relationship with Maurice Sendak, the author of Where the Wild Things Are . She is also the translator of Abecedario de Juárez . She lives in the Ozark Mountains.