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Unofficial sister cities: Meatpacking labor migration between Villachuato, Mexico, and Marshalltown, Iowa

The meatpacking plant in Marshalltown, Iowa, is heavily dependent on production workers from one Mexican community. Not only has this plant...
Human Organization, 01/01/02 by Grey, Mark A; Woodrick, Anne C · More from publication
industrial food stream and its alternatives in the United States: An introduction, The

The United States has experienced the development of two food "streams." One is based on an industrial model and is dominated by a handful of...
Human Organization, 07/01/00 by Grey, Mark A · More from publication
"Those bastards can go to hell!" Small-farmer resistance to vertical integration and concentration in the pork industry

Vertical integration and concentration in hog production have made it difficult for small, family hog farms to survive. This article examines a...
Human Organization, 07/01/00 by Grey, Mark A · More from publication
Immigrants, migration, and worker turnover at the Hog Pride Pork packing plant

Employee turnover is pervasive in industries and services that offer low pay, low status, little career advancement, and stressful work...
Human Organization, 04/01/99 by Grey, Mark A · More from publication

Unofficial sister cities: Meatpacking labor migration between Villachuato, Mexico, and Marshalltown, Iowa