{"product_id":"life-and-death-of-the-american-worker-the-immigrants-taking-on-americas-largest-meatpacking-company-9781668078839","title":"Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Meatpacking Company","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, and a \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e best book of 2024, a \"startling glimpse into the meatpacking industry's abuse of undocumented and incarcerated workers\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) and those who had the courage to fight back. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn 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 their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the course of Alice's reporting, the COVID-19 pandemic struck the community, and the workers were forced to continue production in unsafe conditions, watching their colleagues get sick and die one by one. These essential workers, many of whom only speak Spanish and some of whom are illiterate--all of whom suffer the health consequences of Tyson's negligence--somehow found the strength and courage to organize and fight back, culminating in a lawsuit against Tyson Foods, the largest meatpacking company in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA richly detailed, fiercely honest, and deeply reported \"tour de force\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review), \u003ci\u003eLife and Death of the American Worker\u003c\/i\u003e will forever change the way we think about the people who prepare our food.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice Driver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria\/One Signal Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668078839","brand":"Atria\/One Signal Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45133362528393,"sku":"9781668078839","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_19da3035-c46c-4ea4-97b0-977f1211e5a7.jpg?v=1767677131","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/life-and-death-of-the-american-worker-the-immigrants-taking-on-americas-largest-meatpacking-company-9781668078839","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}