The company sometimes takes advantage of their workers, the workers are even lied to about their injuries. Kevin Wilson, a worker at an IBP slaughterhouse in Council Bluffs, Iowa, injured his back and was sent to see a company doctor, who was designated to him by the company’s nurse. The doctor told Kevin his injury was not serious, but Kevin opted to get a second opinion from another doctor who told him he had a disk injury (“Dangerous” 180-181). Kevin was able to receive medical treatment but there are other workers who are not even given medical insurance when they begin to work at the slaughterhouses and with the low pay they receive they cannot afford to see a doctor. “The basic pay at the slaughterhouse is now $9.25 an hour…Health insurance is now offered to worker after six months on the job; vacation pay, after a year” says Schlosser (“Cogs” 160). The workers receive disgraceful treatment at the slaughterhouses, even though their lives are at risk. The workers are not the only ones who suffer when being at a slaughterhouse; the animals who are brought into be slaughtered receive one of the most inhumane
The company sometimes takes advantage of their workers, the workers are even lied to about their injuries. Kevin Wilson, a worker at an IBP slaughterhouse in Council Bluffs, Iowa, injured his back and was sent to see a company doctor, who was designated to him by the company’s nurse. The doctor told Kevin his injury was not serious, but Kevin opted to get a second opinion from another doctor who told him he had a disk injury (“Dangerous” 180-181). Kevin was able to receive medical treatment but there are other workers who are not even given medical insurance when they begin to work at the slaughterhouses and with the low pay they receive they cannot afford to see a doctor. “The basic pay at the slaughterhouse is now $9.25 an hour…Health insurance is now offered to worker after six months on the job; vacation pay, after a year” says Schlosser (“Cogs” 160). The workers receive disgraceful treatment at the slaughterhouses, even though their lives are at risk. The workers are not the only ones who suffer when being at a slaughterhouse; the animals who are brought into be slaughtered receive one of the most inhumane