Venceremos is a group of workers who are using theater and art to educate Tyson Foods workers about their rights. On today’s show, host Douglas Haynes speaks with journalist Alice Driver about these workers and their struggle for better safety conditions in Tyson meat packing plants in Arkansas. Driver started her reporting on Tyson workers during the pandemic. At that time she noticed that workers who had lung injuries from chemical accidents were more vulnerable to COVID infection and death. Driver learned that workers in these plants face other health and safety threats that come from slippery surfaces and using large machinery and knives. On-site medical care workers are pressured to minimize or not report workers’ injuries, and Tyson shields themselves from complaints by using third-party contractors for on-site medical services. But Driver was blocked from entering meat packing plants to document these issues by ag-gag laws. And workers sign agreements not to speak to journalists and keep all issues internal to Tyson. Workers don’t speak out for fear of losing their jobs or fear of being blacklisted for other jobs. The majority of meat packing workers are from Mexico and Central America. Sometimes these workers only speak their native language or are undocumented, making them more vulnerable to exploitation by their employer. Tyson Foods is the second largest meat packing company in the world. This is a consolidated industry that coordinates price fixing, keeps wages down, and lobbies for less oversight. The influence of this industry is closely tied to the political life of Bill Clinton, a family friend of the Tyson family, a family that also supported George Bush and met with Donald Trump. Alice Driver is a writer from the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas and the author of Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Meatpacking Company.