Organize and unionize! That goes for workers all across the country. "The Market" will never regulate itself. When the federal and state governments cut funding for inspection agencies, they won't be able to make inspections. And when the governments make laws that prohibits inspections, and when the fines are equivalent of us paying 0.0002 cents for parking tickets, you know that the system is broken. Such working conditions, in which people get badly hurt on a daily basis, are appalling! You know how politicians and everyone keeps saying that the US is the greatest, freest and most democratic country in the world? That's simply and absolutely not true. It's the greatest for those who have money, who can buy cheap labour, without a second thought given to workers' safety and well being. You are disposable. You need to organize and unionize!

all outlined in the book fast food nation by eric schlosser almost 20 years ago. nothings changed.

Those facilities are Inhumane

Even after watching this I’m still a proud meat eater

all the local farms and not just how the animals are treated. Thanks for this post!

Yet another reason to become vegan. Appalling

That Perdue commercial 🤣🤣😄

Time has not been kind to Oliver

We can 'regulate' all we want. They (the elite) will simply find the loophole, or some other 'legal' maneuver, increase prices for goods and services etc. and basically screw the working class for the plain simple reason: the ludicrously rich enjoy being that way, and no matter how much they have IT WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH!

the machinery for humans to Process the animals Safety first slow down the greedy money machine.

In school rn, I'm learning about how in the 1890s we had these same exact problems. Shit hasn't changed.

You either want socialism or you are somehow using exposes like this to convince yourself you feel bad about these conditions while having no intention to do anything about them because you believe you benefit from it.

The 5,000 who didn't like this video support workers being treated worse than the meat at these plants.

Please make an episode about Brazil durring the pandemics

Bru I'm from waterloo we get recognized when one if our dumbasses say something stupid bet

Heavily reliant on labor trafficking where do you think all those migrants end up? Oh

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America is not a country, it's a business. Money has trumped integrity, and lives. Your oppression is their profession.

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Considering how inhumanely factory farmed animals are raised and slaughtered, is it surprising that factory farm owners treat their workers poorly? Factory farms have a total disregard for life in general :-/

What about Cuomo?

Its not just meat packing plants that mishandle food just take a look at the thousands of stories that come up every month from fast food employees doing every unimaginable act under the sun to the food they're serving

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As an employee of a meat packing in Green Bay Wisconsin on the kill floor I witnessed many bad things which you are mentioning. In the main issue is standards slow down the machinery for humans to Process the animals Safety first slow down the greedy money machine.

Top 3 people you don't want wearing boxes on their heads while working: Neurosurgeons Airline pilots OSHA inspectors

9:00 the nurse puts on bengay and sends you on your way and it's not even worth going. So apparently meat packing plants hire their nursing staff from the same pool of candidates as prisons and public schools.

I really feel bad for that man's actual family if he treats them like this.

America dont sound so great to me

Sounds to me like capitalism is working at its finest

I don't care about the working conditions of illegals. They knew what they were getting into when they came here.... illegally

anyone read the jungle by upton sinclair?

"it's just a fun fact that I'm throwing in there for no reason" lol transparent clown. Your race-baiting is obvious

I love you LWT. I appreciate your show so much that I pay for it on youtube. Unfortunately I live in Canada. So I was amazed by the fact that I have access more quickly to your content using a VPN in the US where the show is up one week earlier. Could you guys please fix this? Again thank you.

Nothing about Biden?? You are a Joke!!!

I started working at one of these companies because of covid in Canada overall so far its not as bad but I haven't been working there that long so ............ idk

Why is milk the reason the family pet became possessed?

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American dream looks more like American nightmare ... These greedy companies want to grab more more money .These CEOs have workers' blood on their hands ...It's almost the same nightmare in European call centers and in European telecom companies

American capitalism is fcked up game. People working on low positions are basicly slaves. No rights, no value, no future.

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It is disgusting. And it's all a result of our reliance on employment for survival income creating a lever for employers to exploit workers. Go through the issues presented in this video and ask yourself, how much of this would be happening if people had a #UBI providing enough to meet their basic needs, unconditionally? Would these workers put up with this treatment? Or would they refuse such working conditions, because they can afford to, thus forcing the employers to do better? Regulations can only ever mitigate the problems created by poverty. Only eliminating poverty entirely solves these issues and so many more.

Is there a legit reason why the plants put out so much food? Seems like a lot of it goes to waste in supermarkets.

6:24 lmao ironic

He did an upton sinclair's the jungle 100 years later

yeah well you've never been to a casino then, prudes. Cancel the chicken nugget order, stat

America slipping down the slope. Sad.

I used to hang off every word this dude said. He's just like every other media outlet. Half the truth, half misleading information. Not necessarily a lie, just misleading. On that note, this is all unfortunately very true, but doesn't describe the half of it...

> a product that is wildly popular in this country Watching woke people trying to sound smart?

There is no way around what we have to do: 1) Pay more for meat 2) EAT LESS MEAT I have been vegan for 4 years. You all don't need to go vegan, but we absolutely have to decentralize this industry. This is not new information, come on..Eat less meat, shop locally at farmers markets (if possible), vote/ communicate on/ with local politicians, and have the difficult conversations. Change happens slowly

This is what happens when you have an almost completely ununionized workforce and if they have a union it's too weak to do anything.

Waiting for libertarians to wax about how free markets will set us free

11:10 bathroom looking like the weeknd halftime show

Or we could fix our broken food system altogether and move towards more plant-based, which is not only healthier, more just and better for our struggling planet but which would solve the problems explained in this video as a mere side-effect.

I've been following you for years!!!!! When would you make a video about farmer protests in India? Ignore if you already have :)

Automated machines can build cars but can't pack meat?

The show has always been preachy and extremely biased, but since the doing it in the void bit...it has been worse, to a point I can't even watch anymore. Maybe this clip talking about something that isn't Trump and republicans is a sign the show is going back to being more informative instead of just another show of people's angry opinions.

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Even though this was a somber subject there was soooo many opportunities for Adam Driver jokes here...I was half expecting it.

The industry that treats lives as a product doesn't care about its workers?? Whaaat??? I'm all for John's suggestions of strongly regulating these factories, but realistically, this industry needs to lose its subsidies and fade out.

Thank you, John Oliver, for bringing the evils of meatpacking to light. For more information on meatpacking, including what the animals suffer leading up to it, read Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs: An Inside Look at the Modern Poultry Industry, by Karen Davis, and Slaughterhouse, by Gail A. Eisnitz.

“Meatpacking” is what John Oliver does with other men every night.

it's totally our country.

Batheooms: u go before u start work and on ur break even if u dont have to go. That's how u train ur body when it's time to go. Hands hurt: take some tylenol. Construction works always hurt. That's what we do.

I would never work a job that didnt allow you time to go to the bathroom, its ridiculous that people allow this, I understand the need for money but honestly its not worth it, your safety and health is more important.

I'm in Iowa and I'm disgusted at Tysons for this and also I'm surprised i did not hear about this sooner and the reason i am so disgusted is not only the behavior but also since pork incredibly important to Iowa since it is the corn and pork state and this behavior in a pork packing factory is unacceptable especially in Iowa

GOD BLESS AMERICA

16:21.. now fore real.. how the fuck can a funeral cost more than 15k USD or whatereve the fk currency you want to convert to ?!?!?!

05:39 I think I just lost my faith in humanity knowing these things are already happening in a 2nd world country...

I dont know who unironically would watch this clown.

Gee, that guinea pig acts quite like my two toms when they're playfully fighting and chasing each other on the lawn around our house! :-)

Thank God I'm not from the States😖

When a company says we're family, RUN!

No surprise that an industry that commodifies animal life for profit cares little for the lives of its human employees. Treating them as disposable inputs. While pretending they're "family".. An abusive family. This is why I switched to eating plants . Preserve your humanity and conscience.

Disclaimer: I'm a vegetarian with vegan leanings. I am not against people eating meat, per se, but I am definitely against animal death camps and related processes. Clearly, it is bad for the animals, that's a no-brainer, but rather than wanting to point my finger at meat eaters, I would invite them to get their meat produce from more ethical sources. Sure, it will be more expensive, but less meat in your diet is healthier for you and better for the environment and ultimately better for the demographics that end up in the squalid jobs (faux slavery) shown here.

John Oliver is garbage.

Ok? why did you feel the need to leave this comment instead of just not watching his videos

@Anurag Chakraborty i used to like his segments but his comedy just dont do it anymore unfortunately. Idk just my opinion

Why? This video doesn't have much of a political side to it.

The US = 3rd world

You can replace the owl with John Oliver's picture and no one would even know the difference 😂

The comedy writing on this show has really gone to shit, but the content is still interesting....even if nothing will ever change.

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Shit just left me speechless. Just.. wtf.

I won't stay in a company if my boss starts the speech with ' we are a family'. No I am not, I am here for money. 🤷🏻

I just wanted to say it was a sad move to feature the old man dying of covid just to push your point. Really low. The man must have been close to 80 already, just to feature him to push your cause. So low. Not funny at all.

Is this still a comedy show?

I thought slavery was abolished in America 155 years ago? Some world leader😧😧😧😧😧😧

I stopped eating tyson back in 2009. It always made my stomach upset and i just think that chicken should not be that big. One chicken breast can be cut into 4, or if you are really hungry 2. No matter how much you season it tasted like rubbery crap.

Do a segment on teacher’s union!

i watch this what can we do? instead of bozos storming the capital for stupid reasons storm the capital for reasons like this!

John! Please cover the Myanmar situation, we all need to hear about it

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I'm glad to see that our gov't changed so much ever since Upton Sinclair wrote about the horrors of the meat-packing industry in 1904... What...? Oh... Nevermind...

Grateful that a horrendous colonoscopy 14 years ago made me go plant-based. I got to thinking about fast food. What if meat cost, say $50 for 1/4 lb of whatever? Then the very people who can’t afford to have Type ll Diabetes, heart disease, etc. would find that eating whole-food-plant-based 99% of the time would eliminate those diseases. Three films (no judgement!!!) I’d recommend include “What the Health,” “The Game Changers,” and “Forks Over Knives.”

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Sounds too much like my current factory job making FUCKING hot tubs/spas

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I feel like there's a whole book about this...

There has to be a Democrat in office for this guy to talk about the things that matter. Glad he is back I can finally watch this show again

That's why my hard earned money isn't going to the meat industry anymore. I want plant-based companies to thrive and create alternative no-risk jobs for those people.

Nothing will happen

Anything that has to do with meat is disgusting. Be it breeding, slaughter, packaging or whatever. All good reasons to stop eating meat.

10:40 that guy looks like the whitest whitey mcWhitey Racist ever born on this Planet. and his Company is called "PILGRIMS PRIDE"??? wooooooowwww

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