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"How does one put into words the rage that workers feel when
supervisors threaten to replace them with workers who will not go
to the bathroom in the course of a fourteen-hour day of hard labor,
even if it means wetting themselves on the line?" - From the
Preface In this gutsy, eye-opening examination of the lives of
workers in the New South, Vanesa Ribas, working alongside mostly
Latino/a and native-born African American laborers for sixteen
months, takes us inside the contemporary American slaughterhouse.
Ribas, a native Spanish speaker, occupies an insider/outsider
status there, enabling her to capture vividly the oppressive
exploitation experienced by her fellow workers. She showcases the
particular vulnerabilities faced by immigrant workers - a constant
looming threat of deportation, reluctance to seek medical
attention, and family separation - as she also illuminates how
workers find connection and moments of pleasure during their
grueling shifts. Bringing to the fore the words, ideas, and
struggles of the workers themselves, On The Line underlines how
deep racial tensions permeate the factory, as an overwhelmingly
minority workforce is subject to white dominance. Compulsively
readable, this extraordinary ethnography makes a powerful case for
greater labor protection, especially for our nation's most
vulnerable workers.
"How does one put into words the rage that workers feel when
supervisors threaten to replace them with workers who will not go
to the bathroom in the course of a fourteen-hour day of hard labor,
even if it means wetting themselves on the line?" - From the
Preface In this gutsy, eye-opening examination of the lives of
workers in the New South, Vanesa Ribas, working alongside mostly
Latino/a and native-born African American laborers for sixteen
months, takes us inside the contemporary American slaughterhouse.
Ribas, a native Spanish speaker, occupies an insider/outsider
status there, enabling her to capture vividly the oppressive
exploitation experienced by her fellow workers. She showcases the
particular vulnerabilities faced by immigrant workers - a constant
looming threat of deportation, reluctance to seek medical
attention, and family separation - as she also illuminates how
workers find connection and moments of pleasure during their
grueling shifts. Bringing to the fore the words, ideas, and
struggles of the workers themselves, On The Line underlines how
deep racial tensions permeate the factory, as an overwhelmingly
minority workforce is subject to white dominance. Compulsively
readable, this extraordinary ethnography makes a powerful case for
greater labor protection, especially for our nation's most
vulnerable workers.
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