Meat Packers have always been one of the major advocates of illegal immigration.
In the old days 60’s early 70’s Packing plants were some of the best paying jobs around. Many college grads came back to their hometown to work in the plants. IBP changed all that.
Agreed.
I worked at a Swifts plant
in Minnesota in 1971 for
$2.35/hr. I was 16 years
old.
Made time & a half on the
muck-out crew loading barrels
of turkey guts/heads onto
trucks bound for the hog
farms and pet food processors
During peak season 6500
turkeys ran thru the plant
daily.
It was quite the motivator
to try and better my
employment prospects.