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and NCAA promotions, 48;
and overtime wages, 74–75;
and restaurant technology, 71;
and school cafeterias, 56;
and throughput, 69
Tahiti Tourism Promotion Board, 230
Takasoga, 121
Tamogotchis, 47
T and G Service Company, 178
Tang, 124
Targeted Jobs Tax Credit, 72
Taste O’Sea, 159
Taterbabies, 130
Taterboy Curley QQQ Fries, 130
Tauxe, Robert V., 195
Tax breaks, 72, 163–64
Taxpayers Bill of Rights of Colorado, 64
Taylor, Michael R., 207
Taylor, Rod, 47
Teamsters Union, 77
Teenagers, 67–71, 78–87
Teenie Beanie Babies, 47–48, 86
“Teleservice representatives” (TSRs), 81
Teletray, 24
Teletubbies, 45, 48
Television advertising, 45–46
Tendinitis, 173
Texaco, 78
Texas, 16, 17, 25, 52
Texas A&M University, 43–44
Texas-American, 209
Texture Technologies Corporation, 128
T.G.I. Friday’s, 78, 233
Thailand, 230
Thatcher, Margaret, 239
Theft, 83–85
Theno, David M., 208–10
Thomas, Dave, 22–23. See also Wendy’s
Thompson, Hunter, 21
Throughput, 67–71
Tiger Harry’s restaurant, 214, 318n
Tiller, Fran, 248
Tippy’s Taco House, 98
Titan Corporation, 217
Titan II, 261
Today, 41
Tomart’s Price Guide to McDonald’s Happy Meal Collectibles, 47
Tommy Hilfiger, 81–82,234
To Russia with Fries, 237
Toy Manufacturers of America, 46
Toys, 4, 47–48, 276n
Tracy, Brian, 105
Training, 69–71, 178, 236, 262, 276n
Tricon Global Restaurants, 71, 88
Trogdon, Jane, 79
Trolley industry, 16–17
Trump, Ivana, 237
Trusts, 137. See also Beef Trust
TRW, 62
TSRs (“teleservice representatives”), 81
Tufts University Medical School, 221
Turkey, 229, 231
Turner, Fred, 69, 139
Tyson Foods, 140–42, 172, 230
UFCW. See United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)
Uniform Commercial Code, 101
Unions:
Amalgamated Butcher Work-men, 151;
employee turnover affecting, 184;
and fast food industry, 71, 75–77, 88, 262;
in Germany, 233;
influence of, 265–66;
and meatpacking industry, 153–58;
and strikes, 157–58;
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), 76, 155–57, 183–84;
and working conditions, 174, 184
Union Stockyards, 157
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), 76, 155–57, 183–84
United Kingdom, 242, 245–49,276n
United Nations, 152
United Students Against Sweatshops, 267–68
Universal TA-XT2 Texture Analyzer, 128
University of Arizona, 221
University of Colorado, 240
University of Michigan, 64
University of Minnesota, 198
University of Ohio, 84
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA): and cattle industry studies, 142;
and deregulation, 206;
and E. coli, 194, 203–4, 207, 263;
and intimidation of cattle ranchers, 143;
and irradiation, 217–18;
and meat recalls, 211–14;
and National School Lunch Program, 218–21;
on packer concentration and farm prices, 302n;
and single food safety agency, 264;
and slaughterhouse shutdowns, 183;
and Streamlined Inspection System for Cattle (SIS-C), 206–7, 317n;
and testing of meat, 197, 263;
as understaffed, 215
U.S. Department of Justice, 137, 143, 158, 160, 164
U.S. Department of Labor, 72, 180
Ute Indians, 150
V. Mane Fils, 121
Vacations, 160, 161
Variety, 36
Vasquez, Rachel, 104–5
Vegetarian Journal, 128
“Veggie libel,” 266–67
Vidal, John, 248–49
Vincente, Carlos, 178
Voigt, Brigitte, 251
Voigt, Manfred, 251
“Voluntary compliance,” 179–80
Von Braun, Wernher, 38–39, 282n
Vons Companies, Inc., 198
Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald, 48
Wages: and crime, 85;
in fast food industry, 8, 37, 71, 73–74, 85, 277n, 328n;
franchisee control of, 75, 78;
and In-N-Out Burger, 259;
and meatpacking industry, 153, 160, 162, 306n;
in Mexico, 162;
minimum wage, 8, 37, 71, 73, 88, 261, 262, 291n;
overtime wages, 73, 74, 262;
and product costs, 291n;
restaurant industry pay scale, 277n
Walker, Arden, 161
Wall Street, 24–25
Wall Street Journal, 155, 251, 306n
Wal-Mart, 3, 81, 86, 233
Walt Disney Company:
children as target market for, 42;
decline of, 41;
and Disneyland University, 33;
and Mc-Donald’s Corporation, 6, 33–34,49, 50;
Mickey Mouse Club, 45;
and propaganda films, 38. See also Disney, Walt; Disneyland
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