Oppression has always been a concept that even humanity has turned upside down. Whether this means that a country is ruled by a dictatorship, that an individual race is discriminated against, or that immigrants in a country are unable to find a suitable working environment. Even today, large corporations and individual supervisors oppress many people, especially immigrants in the lowest available jobs. Books like Fast Food Nation and documentaries like Food Inc. have brought to light the grotesque, dangerous, and immoral environment many people are forced to work in within the American food system. Situations like those discussed in Fast Food Nation also bring the ethical principles of the workforce into focus. Many people, however, argue that this cheap and efficient labor is not only a product of the dominant capitalist society, but also a boon to the market and the economy. Big business owners argue that paying people less than the minimum wage and ignoring the high cost of safety equipment is acceptable because it saves businesses money, giving them the opportunity to expand. Today, there is often little concern about these issues because society is ignorant, indifferent, and has false beliefs about the workforce in the food system. The workforce is described in depth in the book Fast Food Nation written by Eric Schlosser. It specifically discusses the work environment in the modern American slaughterhouse. Schlosser describes the brutal nature of the job by listing some of the job description names as “Knocker, Sticker, Shackler, Rumper, First Legger, Knuckle Dropper, Navel Boner, Splitter Top/Bottom Butt, Feed Kill Chain” (Schlosser…. .. half the paper ...... 80% This solution, however, is considered too expensive and impractical for the livestock industry, and is therefore not recognized (Pollan 82). production and efficiency, and that is why very little has changed in recent decades. Although profit is a validly questionable topic for many people, the means by which to obtain a high profit have become extremely unethical and dangerous to their health general population. Works Cited Schlosser, Eric Fast Food Nation. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. Pollan, Michael The Omnivore's Dilemma. London: The Penguin Group, 2007. Food Inc. Robert Kenner and Eric Schlosser, 2008. Working conditions of farmers. The organizing committee of agricultural work. 2000. Agricultural Missions Inc. 11/26/11. http://www.ncccusa.org/publicwitness/mtolive/boycott.html