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Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry

Trump, Immigrants, and Grocery Prices with Alice Driver

Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry

Peace By Peace Productions

Politics, News

3.63.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Recently, Nobel-prize winning economist Paul Krugman warned that Trump's deportation policies could crush the economy, bringing more pain than his thoughtless tariffs. Last year, we spoke with Alice Driver, an investigative reporter whose book "Life and Death of the American Worker" chronicles the labor conditions and importance of those immigrants-and what could happen to our food system if they are no longer here doing this work.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Alyssa Milano, and this is Sorry Not Sorry. Hello,

0:23.6

Hello, friends, Ben here. Can you believe that Alyssa is starting her run on Broadway this week,

0:41.9

starring as Roxy Hart in Chicago at the Ambassador Theater. Tickets are selling fast, so don't miss your chance.

0:48.5

Now, let's move on to the podcast. There is perhaps no industry which intersects more completely with immigration, labor, and health

0:57.3

and safety than meatpacking. In her new book, The Life and Death of the American Worker,

1:01.8

Alice Driver takes the industry head on through the stories of Tyson Food employees in Arkansas.

1:07.1

She's joined us to discuss.

1:13.5

Nearly 30 people remain in the hospital in Springdale following that chemical leak at the Tyson plan on Barry Street yesterday.

1:19.6

The Department of Labor is now investigating Purdue Farms and Tyson Foods over possible child labor law violations.

1:27.2

It follows a report from the New York Times earlier this month, mentioning an underage migrant

1:32.3

worker who was severely injured while working for a sanitation company hired by Purdue.

1:37.3

...is responding after a lawsuit made shocking claims against the meat packing company.

1:42.3

The lawsuit filed by the son of one of the Waterloo

1:45.9

workers who died with coronavirus alleges that a plant manager organized a betting pool on

1:51.8

how many workers would test positive.

1:53.8

Benzremos and multiple other organizations brought a petition to Tyson Foods headquarters

1:59.3

in Springdale today. Ben Venteremos advocates for poultry

2:02.9

workers in Arkansas, and today it helps lead a protest against, quote, child labor, safety

2:08.6

concerns, and unfair working conditions. Hi everybody. My name is Alice Driver. I'm the author of

2:14.4

Life and Death of the American Worker, the immigrants taking on America's largest meatpacking company. It just came out this week. And I'm the author of Life and Death of the American Worker, the Immigrants Taking on America's

2:18.4

largest meatpacking Company.

2:20.1

It just came out this week and I'm really excited to talk about it with you all.

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