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The argument of who is in more risk of an occupational hazard: a McDonald's part time employee or the chain manager, it's a difficult decision to realize... of course, that was a sarcastic statement. Corporate giants and its executives have been indulging themselves in countless benefits including the benefit of proper health care while its typical kitchen employees struggle to keep up with quota demands set by greedy managers, providing an education for themselves and trying to raise children in order to maintain a family. This excerpt is clear proof of the sickening business ethics large corporations now follow: not to protect its workers, but rather the privileged who wallow in their own wealth. 

History of meat packing, how it ended up in chicago and the effects of it

The article gives information in nearly everything mentioned in FFN, the treatment of the worker, meat inspection, and food safety, or lack there of.

This article supports the claims that were made in FFN, stating that little has changed since the publication of The Jungle. The immigrants are still abused and treated unfairly, though from different parts of the worlds. Unions are still far from an existent factor, and the worker is still treated unjustly.

Gives general information about the meatpacking industry from the early 1900s to know, as long as some things about how disgusting the working conditions of the meat packing workers are

it gives many examples of of things that were said in FFN. Shows that the things he said were true though disputed by companies like IBP

This article sums up abuse and bad business ethics from The Jungle to today. The reasoning used is that the meat industry simply abuses their power because they can. Profits are once again the overall goal for the businessmen that run our meat industry.

Shows how hard the Meat Trusts tried to keep under wraps what was actually going on

The article describes the difficulties that Sincalir had publishing the novel due to the Meat Packing industry trying to hide what was actually going on. They were so powerful that they were able to keep the first four companies Sincalir approached to deny publishing of the novel. They did this because they too knew the effects that it would have for the conditions they put their workers through would be scolded by anyone who read the book.

In order to make money in today's society where lawmakers try to implement policies to protect workers, the corporation continuously finds ways to save themselves some dollars by cutting coverage to its typical worker. This is exactly what McDonald's has done to its workers. 

This article describes FFN as a modern day Jungle, but continues by saying that it is more that just 'muckraking.' Rather, Schlosser exposes the motives behind large businesses and how they effect unionization and social equality.

This article portrays not only the similarity between modern day working conditions of workers to those in the early 1900s, but it also illustrates the "declining power of labor unions" which illustrates the power of companies strengthening and unfairly taking advantage of these workers.

Fast Food Nation was acclaimed a modern day version of The Jungle when first published. However, this article shows that it was more than your average muckracking novel. It explains that the power of unions fell as the "Fast Food Nation" rose. Also, Schlosser's piece explained the widening social gap of Americans, as the rich got richer and the poor got poorer.

"He told how dead rats were shoveled into sausage-grinding machines; how bribed inspectors looked the other way when diseased cows were slaughtered for beef, and how filth and guts were swept off the floor and packaged as "potted ham."

gives more information about how unsanitary the meat the consumer was eating.

The article tells how Sinclair intended to help bring down the meat packing trusts. "It seemed to me that the walls of the mighty fortress of greed were on the point of cracking," he later wrote. "It needed only one rush, and then another, and another." He tried to do his part, and eventually helped lead to the formation of the FDA

"Most camps and subdivisions were located close to towns or small cities and Okies encountered much discrimination and bigotry when dealing with local Californians" This speaks to the hardships that not only the Joads suffered from but that all the migrant workers had to deal with. They were good people that were for the large part hardworking, honest, and the backbone of the picking community. Though without these people many of the plantations would have failed they were not treated like the crucial aspect of the farms that they were, they were treated unethically and inhumanely.

This article displays the McDonald's ignorance when it comes to their workers. In this unfortunate case, a McDonald's employee was left to work long hours without rest, falling asleep on the wheel and colliding with another vehicle, claiming the employee's life. Should a worker at this fast food joint die because he was just working for minimum wage? 

"In larger ranches, they often had to buy their groceries from a high-priced company store." The lack of ethics was not uncommon during this period. Many of these stores made it so that the farmers were eternally in debt to them and were then forced to continue working for them for less and less. The Joads experience with this was no different.

"But there was not enough work for everyone who came. Instead of immediate riches, they often found squalor in roadside ditch encampments." This was exactly the problem for most of the migrant workers, including the Joads. They had false hope of finding a better life in California when in reality they had just been deceived by the higher ups .

"... a political philosophy joining his belief in fair play, the virtue of hard work, free labor ideology, and the role of central government in promoting these ends."

This article discusses Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal. Roosevelt's idea was to promote the common interests of both the workers and the companies instead of taking a side. The article gives historical background for "The Jungle". The article specifically deals with Theodore Roosevelt, the president of the time, and his ideology. This is a good source for understanding the time period of "The Jungle".

"But quality would appear to have lost out to other considerations. The main effort went into making the food easily handled and cheap."

"The need to supply the rapidly expanding cities of the early nineteenth century made more room for food adulteration."

The article discusses the evolution of food into processed food for convenience. The article gives historical background to "Fast Food Nation's" setting. The article also devotes a section to fast food and its preparation. The article lends support to the notion of convenience leading to low quality and poor nutrition.