On the line slaughterhouse lives and the making of the new south

"How does one put into words the rage that workers feel when supervisors threaten to replace them with workers who will not go to the bathroom in the course of a fourteen-hour day of hard labor, even if it means wetting themselves on the line?"-From the PrefaceIn this gutsy, eye-opening ex...

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Hlavný autor:	Ribas, Vanesa
Médium:	E-kniha Kniha
Jazyk:	English
Vydavateľské údaje:	Oakland, Calif University of California Press 2015
Vydanie:	1
Predmet:	african american African Americans African Americans > North Carolina > Social conditions american worker contemporary american slaughterhouse corporate america deportation threats Emigration & Immigration Employees Employment ethnographic research exploitation factory factory work family separation Foreign workers Foreign workers > North Carolina > Social conditions hard labor Hispanic Americans Hispanic Americans > North Carolina > Social conditions immigrant workers insider outsider status labor labor protection labor studies latina workers latino workers medical attention migrant workers Minorities Minorities > Employment > North Carolina minority workforce native born americans new south North Carolina racial tensions Racism in the workplace Racism in the workplace > North Carolina slaughterhouse Slaughtering and slaughter-houses Slaughtering and slaughter-houses > North Carolina > Employees > Social conditions Social conditions SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration Sociology struggles united states of america white dominance workers workers rights hard labor latino workers exploitation racial tensions factory work american worker united states of america deportation threats medical attention african american struggles workers workers rights factory labor protection contemporary american slaughterhouse slaughterhouse native born americans migrant workers new south ethnographic research labor labor studies minority workforce white dominance immigrant workers insider outsider status corporate america family separation latina workers
ISBN:	0520958829, 0520282965, 9780520282964, 9780520958821, 0520282957, 9780520282957
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Shrnutí:	"How does one put into words the rage that workers feel when supervisors threaten to replace them with workers who will not go to the bathroom in the course of a fourteen-hour day of hard labor, even if it means wetting themselves on the line?"-From the PrefaceIn this gutsy, eye-opening examination of the lives of workers in the New South, Vanesa Ribas, working alongside mostly Latino/a and native-born African American laborers for sixteen months, takes us inside the contemporary American slaughterhouse. Ribas, a native Spanish speaker, occupies an insider/outsider status there, enabling her to capture vividly the oppressive exploitation experienced by her fellow workers. She showcases the particular vulnerabilities faced by immigrant workers-a constant looming threat of deportation, reluctance to seek medical attention, and family separation-as she also illuminates how workers find connection and moments of pleasure during their grueling shifts. Bringing to the fore the words, ideas, and struggles of the workers themselves,On The Lineunderlines how deep racial tensions permeate the factory, as an overwhelmingly minority workforce is subject to white dominance. Compulsively readable, this extraordinary ethnography makes a powerful case for greater labor protection, especially for our nation's most vulnerable workers.
Bibliografia:	Includes bibliographical references 8P. 237-255) and index
ISBN:	0520958829 0520282965 9780520282964 9780520958821 0520282957 9780520282957
DOI:	10.1525/9780520958821