Owners and operates of the meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colorado, for generations before eventually selling it to a massive agribusiness. The Monfort family, as Schlosser describes, were good but “paternalistic” bosses for their workers—paying sufficiently and allowing unions in the plant. The Monfort Family’s practices stand in contrast to later, larger companies, like IBF, whose meatpacking plants allow no unions and pay miniscule wages to workers for their dangerous labor.
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Chapter 7: Cogs in the Great Machine
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Greeley became a company town, dominated by the Monfort family and ruled with a compassionate paternalism. Ken Monfort was a familiar presence at the slaughterhouse. Workers felt comfortable approaching him with suggestions and complaints.
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The Monfort Family Quotes in Fast Food Nation
The Fast Food Nation quotes below are all either spoken by The Monfort Family or refer to The Monfort Family. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7: Cogs in the Great Machine
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Greeley became a company town, dominated by the Monfort family and ruled with a compassionate paternalism. Ken Monfort was a familiar presence at the slaughterhouse. Workers felt comfortable approaching him with suggestions and complaints.
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