Meeting Expectations For Cheap Meat?

Cheap meat is popular. The EU and the UK meat industries are worth around £190bn per year. One million people work in this sector. Meat products are kept cheap in Europe by using thousands of outsourced workers in meat plants (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/28/revealed-exploitation-of-meat-plant-workers-rife-across-uk-and-europe). The outsourced workers are generally migrants, supplied by subcontractors, agencies and bogus 'co-operatives'. In The Netherlands (a major meat exporter), for example, 90% of the work force of meat plants are migrants. Across Europe, migrants receive 40-50% less in wages, than directly employed staff. Often, they have undefined working hours, are on zero hour contracts, are falsely registered as 'self-employed' and receive no sick pay. We also know how easily Covid19 spreads in meat plants. The meat processing companies are responsible for ensuring they are not employing workers under illegal terms and conditions. It appears, however, that the rules are rarely enforced in a 'race to the bottom' in terms of cheapness and profits. Dealing with climate change involves getting people to eat less meat. This is good for individual health and the health of the planet. Meat production is associated with massive release of 'greenhouse gases', including methane from burping cows. Driving down the cost of meat, by exploiting workers, seems to be counterintuitive. It might be better if meat was an occassional 'treat'?