Hi all!
I have a brief understanding that meatpacking jobs during this time period were pretty unsafe and unsanitary, but that's about it. So I'm hoping someone can give me an in-depth look at just how terrible these jobs were, like how little the pay was, what exactly made them terrible jobs, etc. I know that in 1906, Roosevelt made the food safety laws, so I'm looking for the conditions before that happened, so say conditions from around 1886-1905.
Thanks!
Follow up, how accurate was Upton Sinclaire's The Jungle? I know it has been considered muckraking and its a narrative, but were the descriptions of factory work and slums in the book indicative of what average factory workers might experience? Particularly the predatory realtors/professionals and the quality of store bought goods
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle was really the book that exposed the meat processing industry in America, and its publication led to Roosevelt creating the USDA to oversee conditions.