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Frontline Meatpackers In The American Meat and Poultry Industry: Human Rights Violations in Meatpacking
Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS), Department of Global Political Studies (GPS).
2022 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 12 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The aim of this study is theory testing how effective two prominent labour market theories are at understanding human rights violations in the American meatpacking industry.Effectively aiming to answer;How applicable are Dual labour and Segmented labour market theory in understanding human rights violations in the American meatpacking industry? Agricultural production of livestock has undergone many changes over the past 50 years, mainly due to advancements in technology and the increase of demand. To account for this, large producers have been innovating new ways to increase output and reduce cost. This has meatpackers working harder, longer and for less money. Their rights have been pushed to the wayside in the pursuit of profit. The main way companies are violating their workers rights is through the use of a rigid structure which is embedded within the American labour market.The structure relies on immigrant labour, minorities labour and unsafe working conditions.Therefore, to understand how Human Rights violations occur in the American meat and poultry industry, one must turn to the structure of its internal labour markets. Furthermore, this study also aims at theory testing by investigating the value of the theories in this context. 

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2022. , p. 49
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Human Rights, Meatpacking, Dual labour market, Segmented labour market, Immigration, minorities, American labour market, Theory testing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-52668OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-52668DiVA, id: diva2:1668391
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KS GPS Human Rights
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Available from: 2022-06-16 Created: 2022-06-13 Last updated: 2024-11-15Bibliographically approved

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