Smithfield Workers Finally Unionize

Workers at the largest meat processing plant in the United States, Smithfield Packing in Tar Heel, N.C., finally voted to unionize, after years and years of ugly struggle with the company.  We covered the Smithfield campaign most recently in our 2006 annual labor issue (though the article isn't posted online).  Here is what the New York Times had to say:

After 15 Years, North Carolina Plant Unionizes

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