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Marshall, Joseph
Martin, James
Mask, Alan, Sr.
Massey, Douglas: American Apartheid
Matthews, Lee
Mazzocchi, Tony
McBride, H. Dennis
McClain, Donald V.
McDonald, D.L.
McDonald’s; chicken nuggets
McDougald, Monica
McEachern, Maceo
McEachern Forest
McEachern’s Hotel
McGirt, Burnell
McGovern, George
McKenna, Maryn
McLibel case
McMillan, Tracie
McRae, Alberta
Mello-Buttercup Ice Cream; inspections
memorial. See ruins and fire memorial
Mercer, Jane
microwave ovens
Miller, Harold
minimum wage. See wages: minimum
Misery Index
Mississippi
Mrs. Kinser’s Home Style Foods
Moates, Mildred Lassiter
Moates, Olin D.
moonshining
Moore, Terry
Moosic, Pennsylvania
Moran, Jim
Moree, Frankie
Morris, Michael Allen
Morris, William
Moss, Jessie Lee
Moss, Michael
mothers, single. See single mothers
murder
NAACP
Nader, Ralph
Nestle, Marion
New Deal; Triangle Shirtwaist fire and
Newton, Josh
Nicholson, Kate
Niemeyer, J.C.
Niland, Ron
Nixon, Richard
Nolan, Gladys Faye
North Carolina Dept. of Economic and Community Development
North Carolina Dept. of Insurance
North Carolina Dept. of Labor; lawsuit against; Occupational Safety and Health Division
North Carolina Dept. of Public Safety. State Bureau of Investigation
North Carolina General Assembly
North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Project
North Carolina Supreme Court
Northside Fire Department
North Yard
Oates, Thomas
obesity; economic aspects
Occupational Safety and Health Act
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
occupational injuries. See workplace injuries
Odom, Felicia
Omo-Osagie, Solomon Iyobosa, II
Onion McNuggets
Oschner, Alton
OSHA. See Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
OSHA, North Carolina. See North Carolina Dept. of Labor: Occupational Safety and Health Division
overtime
overweight. See obesity
PATCO strike. See air traffic controllers’ strike
Pate, Danny
Patrick, O’Neal
pay: of contract chicken farmers. See also salaries; wages
Payne, Harry
peach picking
Pennsylvania. See also Moosic, Pennsylvania
Perdue Farms; Bill Clinton and; feed additives; OSHA inquiry
Perlstein, Rick
permits, building. See building permits
Phillips-Fein, Kim
A Place at the Table
plea bargains
police; African Americans and
Pollan, Michael
pollution
pork
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
potpies
poultry houses
poultry industry; China; contracts and contracting; processors; wages. See also chicken industry
poultry science
Pouncey, Dolores Gail
Pouncey, Mary
poverty statistics
Primus-Darien, Mary Ann
prison and prisons; prison construction; Roes
processed foods; prices. See also addictive nature of processed foods; further-processed chicken
production line workers, women. See “line ladies”
production statistics. See chicken production statistics
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Association strike. See air traffic controllers’ strike
PTSD. See post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Quick, Bobby
Quick, Garry
Quick, Georgia
Quick, Martin
Quick, Martina
Quick, Mary Alice
Quick, Mike
Quick, Terrell
race relations; in fire response; in memorial delay. See also segregation
race riot of 1975, Hamlet
racial demographics
railroads; unemployment, unions
rancid chicken
Ratliff, Cynthia
Reagan, Ronald
“reckless misconduct” lawsuit
Reddick, Cleo
Reddick, Johnny
Regenstein, Joe
repetitive motion injuries. See also carpal tunnel syndrome
restaurant chains. See chain restaurants
retailers; poultry
“revenge fantasies”
Rich, Donald Brice
Richmond Yarns
right-to-work laws
Riley, Steve
riots of 1975. See race riots of 1975
Roberts, Courtney
Rockingham, North Carolina
Rockingham Fire Department
Rodgers, Daniel
Roe, Brad; charges dropped; city water supply and; civil suit charges; culpability; Emmett Roe and; employee relations; indictment; inspectors and; post-fire life; response to fire; USDA and; victims’ feelings toward
Roe, Emmett; bankruptcy; city relations; civil suit charges; contempt for inspectors; contempt for law; culpability; debt; employee opinions of; employee relations; expansion beyond Hamlet; Hamlet plant startup; indictment; lawyer; media investigation of; Moosic shutdown; plea bargain; purchase of Mello-Buttercup factory; response to fire; response to post-fire fine; sentence; victims’ feelings toward
Roe, Emmett, Jr.
Roe, Joan Stratton
Roe, Kelly
roof replacement
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Ross, Eugene
Roth, Susan
ruins and fire memorial
rumors
salaries: of BeA plant manager
salmonella
salt
sauce, dipping. See dipping sauce
Savar building collapse
Sawyer, Bill
Schatzker, Mark
schools; dropouts; food; home economics
Schultz, Mark
science and scientists. See food science and scientists
Scott, Rhonda
Scranton, Pennsylvania
scratch cooking. See cooking from scratch
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
segregation
Sellers, Ruby
Serrin, William
Shanker, Albert
Shell, Ellen Ruppel: Cheap
Sheriff Goodman. See Goodman, Raymond
Shoney’s
Shotwell, Betty
“shrinkage.” See employee theft
Shulman, Bruce
Silver, Ken
Simon, Philip J.
single mothers; food choices
60 Minutes
slaughterhouses; China fire
Smith, Al
Smith, James
Smith, Lula
smoking
soft drinks
southern boosterism. See boosterism
soybeans
sports
sprinkler systems
stagflation
State Bureau of Investigation. See North Carolina Dept. of Public Safety. State Bureau of Investigation
Steele, Cordelia
Stricklin, Jimmy
Striffler, Steve
strikes
>
Stubbs, Franklin
subsidies
sugar
Sumpter, Glenn
supermarket chains
Supreme Court. See North Carolina Supreme Court; U.S. Supreme Court
Swanson’s frozen foods
tainted meat. See contamination: of meat
taxes; Imperial nonpayment; state
textile industry; unemployment. See also garment industry
theft by employees. See employee theft
Thomas, Barbara
Thomas, Richard
Thompson, Jack
tobacco
tractor-trailers: exit-door-blocking; street-blocking
trauma. See post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Triangle Research Institute
Triangle Shirtwaist fire, New York City
Troy, New York
trucking industry
Tyson Foods
unemployment; stagflation and
Unemployment Insurance (government program)
unions; chicken industry; Clark Equipment and; Hunt and; membership figures; OSHA and; railroads; Reagan and; Schultz and
United Steelworkers of America
United Way
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA); inspectors and inspection
U.S. Dept. of Justice
U.S. Dept. of Labor. See also Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
U.S. Fire Insurance Company
U.S. Supreme Court
Vance, J.D.
Vaughn-Lloyd, Ned
vending machines
Vickery, Stephen
Von Drehle, David: Triangle
wages; African Americans; minimum; North Carolina; railroads; shrinking; unionized
Wagner Act
Wall, Evelyn
Wall, Mary Lillian
Walmart
Wang, Gene-Jack
Ward, Jesmyn
waste disposal and treatment
water supply
Watt, James
Webb, Jeff
welfare
wells
whistle-blowers
White, Calvin
White, Teresa
White’s Poultry
Whitfield, George
Wicker, Tom
Wilkins, Rose Lynette
Williams, Conester
Williams, Paige
Williams, Perry
Wilson, North Carolina
wine
The Wire (television series)
Wisconsin
Wolfe, James
women-headed families. See also single mothers
women production line workers. See “line ladies”
women’s workforce entrance
Woncik, Edward
worker’s compensation insurance
workplace health and safety; D.A.’s opinion; Reagan and; violations. See also Occupational Safety and Health Act; Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
workplace injuries; lost workdays. See also repetitive motion injuries
World War I
World War II
Zimmerman, Annette; breakfast; husband of; view of Emmett Roe; view of memorial delay; workplace injury
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bryant Simon is a professor of history at Temple University. He is the author of Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America and Everything but the Coffee: Learning About America from Starbucks. His work and commentary have been featured in the New Yorker, the Washington Post, the New Republic, and numerous other outlets. He lives in Philadelphia.
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