Title Hog wild : the battle for workers' rights at the world's largest slaughterhouse / Lynn Waltz

Published Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource Contents The story of Joe Luter and Smithfield -- Cheap labor built on a legacy of slavery -- Lots of pigs, lots of poop, lots of politics, lots of pollution -- The plant opens, the work is beastly, the union fight heats up -- The first union vote -- The plant changes southeastern North Carolina -- The company woman -- The second union vote, 1997 -- The trial : Buffkin and Luter testify -- The judge rules -- Organizing on the road -- Gene Bruskin rides into town -- The union campaign, Harris Teeter -- Ludlum is back : Immigration enforcement tightens -- Workers walk off the job -- The stockholders, secret talks, stalemate -- Rico, the settlement, the third union vote, the end Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Smithfield Foods, Inc. -- Corrupt practices Smithfield Foods, Inc. -- Employees -- Labor unions SUBJECT Smithfield Foods, Inc. fast Subject Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- North Carolina -- Tar Heel -- Employees Meat industry and trade -- North Carolina -- Tar Heel -- History Employee rights -- North Carolina BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Corruption Employee rights Employees -- Labor unions Meat industry and trade Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- Employees North Carolina Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2018025121 ISBN 9781609385729 1609385721 9781609385866 1609385861

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