The Suffrage of the Immigrant Workers

How do the lives of the immigrant workers in Jungle by Upton Sinclair compare to the lives of migrant workers today? The lives of the immigrant workers in the book The Jungle by Upton Sinclair compared to the lives of migrant workers today is the minimum wage. Minimum wage has tremendously impacted on today's society and till this day is a complication. It has harshly impacted family to struggle for survival.The barbarous working conditions for the immigrant workers has caused diseases and despair. In the book Jungle it states about the epic struggle for survival, furthermore the immigrant search for a better life.

In the book the Jungle both the immigrant workers and the migrant workers today differences is the setting,timeline and how they protested. In the book the immigrants workers in the meatpacking industry protested violently where in the movie they were in peace.The similarities between the book Jungle is the coarse working conditions,underpaid job,the struggle for survival and in search for a better life. Both the book and the movie are calling for a change the change is the right to a better life, no more coarse working conditions, and the underpaid job. The similarities are the fight for both hunger and survival, the low minimum wage, and course working conditions. The inequality between the book and the movie are the setting of the place. The movie takes place in the field where it includes fruits and vegetables being grown while the book Jungle takes place in Chicago Lithuania meatpackingindustry.""They are trying to save their souls-and who but a fool could fail to see that all that is the matter with their souls is that they have not been able to get a decent existence for their bodies?""( 273 )In my opinion both the book and movie have more similarities.The book and the movie are both fighting for what they feel in their opinion is right for there family to survive and provide food on the table for there family. The working conditions are hurragous and need to be changed, on the other hand minimum wage need an increase for the family to live comfortably and not having to go out of there way risk there life to prove themselves to the public.

The part I play In the food chain is to serve the food to my family and make sure everything is ready on the table. I provide the grocery by shopping at the grocery stores and getting all the fruits, vegetable, and supplies I need for the food. I also cook the food for my family and make sure it has all the right ingredients to give the food a marvelous taste.When people are starving and they have anything with a price, I guess you ought to sell it, I say. I guess you realize it now when it's too late."" (348) In the book Jungle the immigrant workers part in the food chain would be the serving of food, getting the supplies needed, and making sure the meat is in perfect condition when processed. In my opinion everyone is part of the food chain in some way because we all play the same part such as making the food, serving the food, and purchasing the supplies needed.

I spend a lot time thinking about where the food comes from on my plate allot,where the food is also being processed, and how it got to my plate. Transporting food long distances means to keep it stable for transport and sale. All fruits and vegetables are all grown within a couple a hundred miles away from where you live. An array of food are can be grown in California. Shopping at a farmers market,maintaining a home garden are remarkable way to support a localfood system.""It is an elemental odor, raw and crude; it is rich, almost rancid, sensual and strong.""(28) In the book Jungle the immigrant workers spend a lot of time making sure the meat is processed correctly and in good conditions to be shipped to all the markets. In my opinion we need to help build food security for future generation, and support small-scare local farmers as they work each day to steward our day.

I feel the publishing of the book Jungle migrant working conditions will result in a dramatic change today by raising the minimum wage, the economic and social struggle of American workers. Bring light to the inhumane conditions that workers and immigrants endured. The work on food preparations is one of the greatest impacts that can be seen. In the book the Jungle it mentions the horrigous struggle for survival.""Relentless, remorseless, it was; all his protests, his screams, were nothing to it--it did its cruel will with him, as if his wishes, his feelings, had simply no existence at all; it cut his throat and watched him gasp out his life."" ( 41)

On the other hand the book impacted the the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1966, which was Sinclair's purpose in the passage. Sinclair work depicts a world where profit is more important than human beings. Sinclair also endures his focus on a great portion of his work on food preparations.

In order to improve the lives of the the modern day farm or food factory migrant workers would be raising salary wage. Having more abundance of food provided to the workers. Recognizing the social justice, equality, and fair wages. The safety to all the farm and food workers deserve. Raise the U.S. minimum wage for food and restaurant workers. Supporting the meat packing and processing workers in the United States. Making the transportation to food safer and easier for the workers. Giving the fast food workers a living wage which has gatheredover a thousand signatures. In the book it mentions ""Here is a population, low-class and mostly foreign, hanging always on the verge of starvation and dependent for its opportunities of life upon the whim of men every bit as brutal and unscrupulous as the old-time slave drivers; under such circumstances, immorality is exactly as inevitable, and as prevalent, as it is under the system of chattel slavery.""( 126)

The lives of immigrant workers today compared to the life of the migrant workers in the book the Jungle by Sinclair has dramatically changed the migrant workers today are shown with respect and treated fairly. The migrant workers work in great conditions,spend time with their family when needed. Have a fair pad job to help support themselves and their family and no need to be out on the streets to protest. The workers feel safe and have tremendous hours. The meat and farm industry will be changing tremendously for years and generations to come.

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