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
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Smithfield Foods, Inc. -- Employees -- Labor unions
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SUBJECT |
Smithfield Foods, Inc. fast |
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Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- North Carolina -- Tar Heel -- Employees
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Meat industry and trade -- North Carolina -- Tar Heel -- History
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Employee rights -- North Carolina
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Corruption
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Employee rights
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Employees -- Labor unions
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Meat industry and trade
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Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- Employees
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North Carolina
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2018025121 |
ISBN |
9781609385729 |
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1609385721 |
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9781609385866 |
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1609385861 |
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