Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Meatpacking Company and meaningful contributions to the

and meaningful contributions to the world

and his persistent conviction that slavery must end

been thrown off the world

As the twelve days that make up the novel's framework yield to their dramatic conclusion

Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Meatpacking Company and meaningful contributions to theWinner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work in Progress Award, and a New Yorker best book of 2024, a "startling glimpse into the meatpacking industry's abuse of undocumented and incarcerated workers" (The New York Times Book Review) and those who had the courage to fight back. On June 27, 2011, a deadly chemical accident took place inside the Tyson Foods chicken processing plant in Springdale, Arkansas, where the company is headquartered. The company urged