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15 Feb ’12
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that is disgusting on so many levels
Workers in plants run by the largest U.S. poultry producers are regularly being denied bathroom breaks and as a result some are reduced to wearing diapers while working on the processing line, Oxfam America said in a report Wednesday.
“It’s not just their dignity that suffers: they are in danger of serious health problems,” said Oxfam America, the U.S. arm of the U.K.-based global development group. The group works for a “just world without poverty” and focuses on topics ranging from refugees in Greece to malnutrition.
The report cited unnamed workers from Tyson Foods Inc., Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., Perdue Farms Inc. and Sanderson Farms Inc. who said that supervisors mock them, ignore requests and threaten punishment or firing. When they can go, they wait in long lines even though they are given limited time, sometimes 10 minutes, according to the report. Some workers have urinated or defecated themselves while working because they can’t hold on any longer, the report said. Some workers “restrict intake of liquids and fluids to dangerous degrees,” Oxfam said.
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jonathco
12 Oct ’12
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and this is why the Jonathco's are looking to starting raising everything ourselves...
15 Feb ’12
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what are you going to start with?
3 Nov ’12
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So glad my first batch of broilers are on order.
Should be here around the 24th!
12 Oct ’12
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KVR said
what are you going to start with?
Well, now that we have determined we are staying put for while (the promotion and raise at work sealed that deal), we are going to get chickens and bees. There is an extra landlocked couple acres next to me that is bank-owned; if I can pick that up, we may do a cow next year as well.
We are going to begin growing a lot more of our food due to recent events that have changed our outlook on buying even organic store bought food. Mrs. Jonathco miscarried about 3 weeks go and we are are almost certain it was from the listeria contaminated organic frozen vegetable outbreak that happened recently with a number of the big chain grocers. We bought frozen organic vegetables (like we have always done) for stews and soups; they were later recalled and we were notified to bring them back for a full refund; sadly, at that point, the Mrs., myself and all three of our kids had already eaten them multiple times and had just begun recovering from being sick with what appeared to be the worst stomach flu we had ever seen/had. We were sick for about a week with uncontrollable vomiting, diarrhea, aches and pains, dizziness/near blackouts... and then my wife miscarried our 10 week pregnancy.
There really is not a way to be certain, but her pregnancy had been healthy up until that point and according to what we've read, listeria contamination is often fatal for pregnancies; our symptoms also line up perfectly.
http://www.mayoclini.....N-20031039
It has really made us rethink where our food comes from and how "organic" does not mean anything. We are going to start putting our 5 acres and tractor to a lot more use. Who knows, if that extra property works out, we may do even more than that.
3 Nov ’12
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so sorry to hear jon.
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