In many counties, attorneys who ask for investigators are punished with fewer appointments. Please see Texas Appleseed's web page for more information on juvenile justice. Jorge is a Mexican immigrant working ten hours a day, six days a week slicing meat off the bone in an Omaha meatpacking plant. The line speed is so relentless that workers sometimes cannot take bathroom breaks. Nebraska's meatpackers rely on a steady stream of immigrant laborers to process our country's beef and pork.
Many workers are too afraid to complain about the working conditions or pursue their legal rights.
Those who do are often fired or moved to the least desirable jobs. Nebraska Appleseed works on several projects designed to improve the lot of immigrants in meatpacking plants. In addition, Nebraska Appleseed successfully worked with the Nebraska Legislature to pass a bill which funds a state monitor to ensure that the Workers Bill of Rights is more than just another piece of paper. Like many, he was drawn by packing plant recruitment promises of good wages and decent work. Nebraska Appleseed is working to ensure that those promises are kept.