Perdue, 1974-1992

This series consists of materials related to JDM’s work on cases of workplace safety at two Perdue chicken processing plants, one in North Carolina and one in Oklahoma. The NC Perdue issue occurred between 1990-1992. On 3-Sept-1991 in Hamlet, NC, a chicken processing plant caught fire, which resulted in 25 employee deaths. McAteer co-wrote an article about the incident for A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. The Oklahoma Perdue issue involved employees reporting possible product and local environmental contamination, employee illness, and livestock death as a result of company use of vaccinations and chemicals at processing plants and farms. Content formats consist of documents related to court proceedings, articles and clippings, research materials and notes, correspondence, reports, publications, and other miscellaneous materials.