Good Job, Bad Job: Occupational Perceptions Among Latino Poultry Workers

Mora, Dana C.; Arcury, Thomas A.; Quandt, Sara A.

doi:10.1002/ajim.22599

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Good Job, Bad Job: Occupational Perceptions Among Latino Poultry Workers

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May 16 2016
By Mora, Dana C. ; Arcury, Thomas A. ; Quandt, Sara A.

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Am J Ind Med
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Mora, Dana C. ; Arcury, Thomas A. ; Quandt, Sara A.
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Objectives

Immigrant workers frequently take jobs that are physically demanding, provide low wages, and result in injuries (e.g., poultry production and processing). Through a qualitative approach, this paper elicits poultry workers’ evaluations of their jobs and set them in the larger context of their lives.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 65 poultry workers in western North Carolina. Workers were asked to discuss job characteristics, physical and psychological impacts of their employment, and perceived health risks.

Results

Immigrant workers valued the stability, benefits, upward mobility, and pay offered. They disliked the physical demands, the potential perceived effects of the job on their health, and the interactions with bosses and peers.

Conclusion

Workers’ willingness to endure dirty, dangerous, and demanding (3-D) conditions of poultry must be understood in the context of other employment options, structural violence, and their focus on immediate family needs that positive aspects of these jobs can fulfill.
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Adolescent Adult Aged Animals Attitude Emigrants And Immigrants Female Hispanic Or Latino Humans Interviews As Topic Job Satisfaction Male Meat-Packing Industry Middle Aged Perception Poultry Work Workload Young Adult
Source:

Am J Ind Med. 59(10):877-886.
Pubmed ID:

27195478
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5026549
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

R01 OH009251/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; R25 OH008335/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
Place as Subject:

North Carolina
Volume:

59
Issue:

10
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