globalization and the great plains,”• Cattle and other livestock, such as hogsand turkeys, are slaughtered andprocessed for market in small plantsacross the plains by low-wage, oftenimmigrant, labor.• In the 1970s, a meatpacking job in theGreat Plains provided a stable annualincome of $30,000 or more, relativelyhigh for the time.• in the 1980s, a number of unionizedmeatpacking companies closed theirdoors. Other nonunion plants opened,often in isolated small towns in Iowa,Nebraska

globalization and the great plains,”• Cattle and other livestock, such as hogsand turkeys, are slaughtered andprocessed for market in small plantsacross the plains by low-wage, oftenimmigrant, labor.• In the 1970s, a meatpacking job in theGreat Plains provided a stable annualincome of $30,000 or more, relativelyhigh for the time.• in the 1980s, a number of unionizedmeatpacking companies closed theirdoors. Other nonunion plants opened,often in isolated small towns in Iowa,Nebraska

and Minnesota.”