This article from the New York Times deals with the efforts of workers, many of them immigrants, to organize labor unions in poultry processing plants.
Union Organizers at Poultry Plants in South Find Newly Sympathetic Ears
For the HR class -- as we discussed last week, there is a rationale for a low-cost HR strategy, such as in cases where jobs are low-skill and there's a lot of price pressure on the company (to deliver a low-cost product). What you want to think through is just how far should that strategy be followed? In other words, what are the ethical implications here?
Your thoughts?
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I read the article about the mistreatment of illegal aliens in the factories.I think it is wrong that any person whether a citizen of the US or an immigrant should be subjected to harsh and unreasonable working conditions.
It’s a shame that in this day and age right here in the Unites States, the land of opportunity, people are still being enslaved. It is amazing how people can be so cruel to those that are ignorant to the laws and customs of the U.S.
I was impressed to see an immigrant willing to speak up and speak out about the cruelty she experienced while working at the plant. With the help of the union hopefully the inhuman treatment and strenuous work conditions will come to an end.
Tonya Houston
International Business 420
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