Meatpacking workers suffer double the injury and illness rate of all U.S. manufacturing workers. Unpaid overtime is a frequent violation in food processing. One-quarter of farmworkers have a family income below the federal poverty line.

1. Meatpacking workers suffer double
the injury & illness rate of all U.S.
manufacturing.
Unpaid
One-quarter of overtime is
farmworkers a frequent
have a family violation in
WHO’S BEHIND
income below food
the federal processing.
poverty line.
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YOUR FOOD?
Restaurant 23% of grocery
workers of color store workers are
earn almost paid less than the
$4/hour less minimum wage,
than white and 65% aren’t
workers. paid overtime.
Photo: Darren Linker | Young Worker Health and
Safety Education Program
Warehouse workers often work for
temp agencies for minimum wage.
5 of the 8 worst-paying jobs in the U.S. are in our food system, and food
workers face some of the most difficult and dangerous working conditions. FOOD CHAIN
WORKERS ALLIANCE