"We have fed you all for a thousand years..."
WORKERS AT WORLDS LARGEST PORK PLANT RATIFY FIRST-EVER UNION CONTRACT
Thu, 07/02/2009 - 07:47 — foodworkers
Deal raises Tar Heel workers’ wages and brings up benefits and working conditions to union standards
(TAR HEEL NC)—Five Thousand workers at the world’s largest pork processing plant have their first-ever union contract, after a majority of workers ratified the agreement over a two-day vote. Members of UFCW Local 1208 will join more than 10,000 other Smithfield workers, and more than 240,000 others who work in the meat packing and food processing industry who have a UFCW union contract.
~ a project of the Industrial Workers of the World ~
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Wholesale and Retail Foodstuff Workers, IU 460
Restaurant and Food Service Workers, IU 640
Mike: wilk0214@umn.edu
