little bit of help wrote: » It's modern slavery. Meat industry is built on cheap labour and materials and fooking over the consumer. The government allow it because a lot of them have ties to the industry (Simon Coveney etc). It is a government sanctioned cartel. When farmers tried to ask for a decent price they were threatened with prison for daring to challenge it. They make billions And stamp Irish quality assured on polish meat.
little bit of help wrote: » The government allow it because a lot of them have ties to the industry (Simon Coveney etc)..
Guy:Incognito wrote: » I dont know much about the meat industry beyond liking their product, but this line, or a variation on it, is thrown out in discussions about every industry at some point.
the purple tin wrote: » That's because it is common practice nowadays, lobby groups etc. In America it is like a revolving door of workers moving from government positions to multinationals to further their own ends. Same with the FDA. Political donations and promise of a cushy job are used to bribe politicians too, or a seat on the board at the company. Cash bribes are pretty much redundant now.
MickeyLeari wrote: » Is it Polish meat?
little bit of help wrote: » Some of it is. Two factories in Poland (owned by larry goodman)were given permission by Bord Bia to have the Irish QA labels.
NomadicGray wrote: » mask up, go out and block their gates like the farmers did not too long ago.
tonysopprano wrote: » How do you find out how many work permits, especially for brazilians, to work in meat factories, were granted this year?
dhaughton99 wrote: » I asked this on another thread but should Brady’s ham and the likes be pulled from from the shelves or boycotted?
Cilldara_2000 wrote: » What/who are "and the likes"?
WoollyRedHat wrote: » We need to reclaim the power of boycotting. I think Irish people should absolutely boycott companies involved in unsavoury practices, it's the only way to invoke change, hit them in the wallet.
WoollyRedHat wrote: » https://twitter.com/mattcarthy/status/1291693959228661760?s=20 This was the communication from the representative of Meat Industries Ireland back in July when questioned by a TD about compliance/ about potential outbreaks in their industry and if they had engaged with employee union.Please watch this video to understand the nature of Irish corporate society.When asked direct questions about engagement with the unions, the representative skirted around the issue. The disregard for employees is shocking throughout. The representative when pressed gave an incomprehensible answer that is reminiscent of Brian Cowen's bumbling communications. What's worse is this is a clear style of communication, pushed by public advisers. These people aren't thick but they are extremely dubious. The race to the bottom for a quick buck is inherent in the structure of these organisations. They prey off of migrant workers and stamp on basic employee rights and the most galling thing is that they won't answer for this. We need to call a halt to these practices, they're a human rights issue and a public health one too. People who are surprised about outbreaks in meat factories shouldn't be after watching that video.. pure arrogance.
dhaughton99 wrote: » Which ever factory’s are shown to full of wuhan.
Cilldara_2000 wrote: » And how do we find out which factories the 1125 cases in the meat processing industry up to the start of July were in? Apparently there's ~15000 people employed in the meat processing industry. They had 1125 cases over a month ago. Add in the recent spikes, it's possible it's passed 1500 by now. That's 10% of all employees. Could well have been in every one of the 46 locations. You might have to go vegetarian! :pac:
Guy:Incognito wrote: » But it just gets to the point where anything can be accused of have "ties" to something without it meaning much. Landlords accuse the government of being anti landlord with policies while renter's accuse the government of being anti renter and lining landlords pockets. Maybe government isn't a black and white thing and someone not getting what they want isn't automatically the government being in the pockets of the people they disagree with........
4Ad wrote: » Meat Industry Rep is some spoofer..
Jim Root wrote: » Will you pay a little bit more for a slice of ham to stop all this?
Cilldara_2000 wrote: » I don't disagree but I think this would be incredibly difficult to actually do. You'd end up eating nothing but spuds and only drinking milk, wearing hippie ethical clothes that cost three or four times more than the products made in sweatshops, and you'd have virtually no electronics given how far up the hole of deeply unpleasant far east regimes that particular industry is.
