13a upton Sinclair's "the jungle" & the meatpacking industry

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13a upton Sinclair's "the jungle" & the meatpacking industry Christian, kensley, Noah, Parker, & Jonathan 13a upton Sinclair's "the jungle" & the meatpacking industry

Text About upton sinclair He was born in Baltimore, Maryland on September 20th, 1878. His mother & father were total opposites, his father was an alcoholic & his mother was a teetotaler.

Text The jungle The jungle focuses a Lithuanian family that comes to America to pursue the American Dream. The two get married, after the reception they have a hefty debt to settle, but no money to pay it off. The husband Jurgis, goes out & gets a job, along with many of the other family members get jobs. After purchasing a home they find a lot of hidden cost in the contract. The wife, Oha, gets a job. Soon after Jurgis gets a job he dies. After hard winters in the slaughter house Oha is raped & impregnated by her boss. She died during labor.

The meat packing industry Text The meat packing industry Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle to expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry. His description of diseased, rotten, and contaminated meat shocked the public and led to new federal food safety laws.

Text Meat packing changes During the 1930s, trade union-organized drives led by the newly-created Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) began to organize workers across different industries, including meat packing. Over the next 40 years, unions such as the United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) were able to improve both the pay and working conditions of meat packing employees in the U.S.

Pay of slaughterers & meatpacking employees Text Pay of slaughterers & meatpacking employees The average wage of animal slaughterers and processors remained comparatively strong from the 1960s through the early 1980s. The average wage earned by a meat packing employee during the 60s and 70s was 14-18 percent higher than their counterpart in the larger U.S.

Pay of slaughterers & meatpacking employees continued Text Pay of slaughterers & meatpacking employees continued The peak average hourly wage of a meat packing employee during this period was nearly $20 an hour when adjusted for inflation