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December 15, 2008

Workers at Smithfield Hog Plant in NC Vote to Unionize
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In labor news, workers at the Smithfield Food hog plant in North
Carolina have voted to unionize the plant after a sixteen-year campaign
by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. Management at
Smithfield had fiercely fought the unionization of the plant, the
world’s largest pork processing facility, with nearly 5,000 workers.



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