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Harm to Table: Vulnerability and Exploitation in Los Angeles County Meatpacking and Food Processing
Leo Blain, Lucero Herrera, Brian Justie, Aya Konishi, Monica Macias, Carolyn Park, Elda Solomon and Saba Waheed
October 29, 2025
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Harm to Table: Vulnerability and Exploitation in Los Angeles County Meatpacking and Food Processing examines the social and economic harms associated with the systematic evisceration of a once robust local industry that formerly provided dignified long-term employment, but has now been replaced with an ad hoc network of precarious and contingent work.
