On Dec. 11, 52 percent of workers voted to unionize at Tar Heel, N.C.-based Smithfield hog plant, the world's largest hog slaughterhouse. The slim margin is a poor indicator of an enormous victory, following a 16-year drive in a state with only 3.3 percent union density--the [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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Reader Comments
Way to go workers of smithfield. I have not purchased products of smithfield for nearly a year now since I became aware of the workers fight while visiting DC last year.
I hope this is only the start in North Carolina and other Right to Fire and intimidate states, opps I mean right to work states.
Loyal union supporter.
Michael Chapman
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