meatpackers

Beef processing workers

Meatpackers are workers or companies in the meat processing industry—slaughtering animals and preparing meat for distribution.

The work is physically demanding and historically associated with poor conditions, as depicted in Upton Sinclair's *The Jungle*.

The meatpackers union negotiated for better safety standards.

butchery

cleaver

Broad-bladed cutting tool

carcassSlaughtered animal's body
deboningRemoving skeletal structure
slaughterKilling for meat

cutting · filleting · trimming · quartering · evisceration · skinning · boning · carving · slicing · grinding

industry

slaughterhouse

Animal killing facility

stockyardLivestock enclosure for trade
agribusinessCommercial farming sector
livestockDomesticated farm animals

cattle · swine · cold storage · distribution · wholesale · retail · USDA · FDA · food safety · regulations

processing

conveyor

Mechanism that transports items

assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
automationSelf-operating system design
sanitationCleanliness for public health

chilling · packaging · inspection · sorting · batching · freezing · storage · shipment · quality control · robotics

labor

union

Joining into one

strikeForceful impact or stoppage
wagesPayment for work
overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours

shift · laborer · crew · workforce · foreman · supervisor · strenuous · lifting · hauling · repetitive strain

Categories

workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
labor historyAFL-CIO, workers, labor movement, CIO, laborers
labor unionsunion dues, trade union, union membership, labor union, union shops
migrant labormigrant labor, migrant workers, foreign workers, farmworkers, guest workers
Settlement Historypioneers, settlers, homesteaders, frontier, westward expansion

Opposites

supply chain position

meatpackersranchers

Livestock farm operators

cattle ranchers · hog farmers · consumers · veterinarians · animal sanctuaries

food industry sector

meatpackersfarm laborers

Workers on agricultural land

relationship to animal products

meatpackersconsumers

Those who buy goods

end users · shoppers · diners

Family

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G