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Think back to how the meat packaging industry at "Durham Pure Leaf Lard" maintained their working conditions. Do you feel that cruel, inhumane working conditions were only in the meatpacking industry? Explain your answer in 5-8 sentences using real evidence online from other industries and practices that have been exposed publicly 😊

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No — cruel, inhumane working conditions have appeared in many industries beyond meatpacking. For example, the 2013 Rana Plaza garment-factory collapse in Bangladesh, which killed more than 1,100 people, exposed long-standing safety violations and forced overtime in the global apparel supply chain (widely reported by BBC, Human Rights Watch and others). Investigations by the Associated Press in 2015 uncovered slavery and forced labor aboard Thai seafood boats that supplied major global brands. Amnesty International and other NGOs documented child and hazardous labor in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo used by electronics companies. Major exposés (The New York Times, China Labour Bulletin) documented harsh conditions and worker suicides in electronics factories such as Foxconn, and watchdog reporting (ProPublica, Reuters) has highlighted intense production quotas, injury rates, and poor conditions in large warehouses like those run by Amazon. These cases show labor abuses are a cross‑industry problem tied to weak enforcement, subcontracting, and pressure for low costs and fast turnover.