What qualities did Sinclair believe a person must have to succeed in Packingtown?
They needed to keep up.
According to the passage, what is the plant owner's main goal?
To make money
What does Sinclair mean when he says, "...there was no place in it where a man counted for anything against a dollar....?"
Money ruled that place.
After the jungle was published the meat-packing industry changed in many ways.
"OSHA's commitment is to provide information to help employers and
employees in the meat packing industry comply with OSHA standards and increase
safety in the workplace.
There are currently no specific standards for the
meatpacking industry."
...or is it this is from the OSHA website here is the link.
"Some workers have been slashed, burned or scarred...
But 100 years later, the industry that produces the meat for America
still faces some of the same tensions and troubles that Sinclair
exposed...
In 1906, there were accusations the meatpacking giants exploited
immigrants, battles over unions and complaints of paltry pay for
hazardous work.
In 2006, the problems persist — though the names have changed. The
eastern Europeans who flocked to Chicago’s bustling stockyards 100 years
ago have been replaced by Mexican and Central American immigrants
chasing their own dreams in the remote reaches of the rural Midwest and
Southeast."
This is all exports from this nbc artical
