Smithfield Workers Win a Voice with UFCW

Smithfield Worker Union Time

Workers at Smithfield Packing in Tar Heel, North Carolina, recently chose union representation with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). 

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1.6.09: How can we afford not to reform health care?
1.5.09: President-elect Obama's transition team hears about health care
1.5.09: Pilgrim's Pride troubles bring worry to East Texas town
1.3.09: Wal-Mart workers in Canada organize
12.29.08: Solis, Employee Free Choice and the Future of the Middle Class
12.23.08: A Race to the Bottom
12.23.08: Employee Free Choice Act is best bet for workers
12.19.08: Another Wal-Mart unionized in Quebec
12.18.08: Obama's Pick for Secretary of Labor a Strong Worker Advocate
12.17.08: Americans worried about maintaining standard of living
12.17.08: G4S & UNI sign global agreement: 570,000 workers gain right to freely organize
12.15.08: Support Woodman's Workers!
12.15.08: Does Labor need Employee Free Choice?
12.12.08: WORKERS AT THE WORLD'S LARGEST MEATPACKING PLANT CHOOSE UNION REPRESENTATION
12.11.08: Economic crisis: New unemployment claims reach 26-year high
12.11.08: Union offers contract to GPC in Muscatine
12.8.08: Contract talks to resume at GP in Muscatine
12.8.08: Hoyer challenges Bush on union rights
12.8.08: L.A. workers rally in support of American auto industry
12.4.08: We pay, They profit
12.3.08: Why We Need Employee Free Choice
12.2.08: Unionization substantially improves pay and benefits of women workers
12.2.08: Unionization Substantially Improves the Pay and Benefits of Women Workers
12.1.08: Wal-Mart worker's death was preventable
11.28.08: Wal-Mart worker trampled in Black Friday rush
11.26.08: No More Battles
11.25.08: Postville plant overseer named
11.25.08: Church leaders: U.S. unfair on witnesses' food, housing
11.24.08: More part-time work is bad sign for U.S.
11.23.08: Connell: Bonior still fighting for the little guy
11.21.08: Supreme Court decision a victory for labor rights
11.21.08: The Frugal Gourmets
11.21.08: Employee Free Choice Act restores worker protections
11.20.08: Swift meatpacking workers vote to join union
11.20.08: Hyrum JBS/Swift Workers Stand Up for a Voice on the Job
11.20.08: Meatpacking workers win solid wage and benefits increases in new agreement with Smithfield/Patrick Cudahy
11.19.08: Employee Free Choice is the Most Democratic Process
11.18.08: With Agri suspending production, the beef is no kosher meat
11.18.08: Watch the New TV Ad on Employee Free Choice
11.17.08: Farmworkers Win Right to Organize
11.12.08: Wal-Mart actions in Quebec intimidate employees elsewhere
11.11.08: PriceRite Workers Want to Start Union
11.6.08: Bush Immigration Chief Julie Myers Out
11.6.08: Agriprocessors files for bankruptcy
11.5.08: Election Unleashes a Flood of Hope Around the World
11.3.08: McCain's health care plan: worse for women
11.2.08: Poultry execs gave $10,000 to Berry campaign
11.2.08: Gruesome Scenes From the Poultry Line Are a Sign of Agriprocessors' Troubles
10.31.08: Former CEO of Iowa Kosher Meatpacking Plant Is Arrested
10.30.08: Women Buying Health Policies Pay a Penalty
10.30.08: Rubashkin arrested, will appear in federal court today
10.30.08: McCain's "Health Care Plan": Bad for your Health
10.29.08: Agriprocessors receives nearly $10 million in fines
10.28.08: JOINT STATEMENT OF SMITHFIELD AND UFCW
10.27.08: Economic woes force people to put off health care needs
10.26.08: Unions put on final push before Nov. 4 election
10.23.08: If it ain't broke, don't fix it: Colorado's Amendment 47
10.23.08: Blueprint for a Real Secretary of Labor
10.23.08: Denied coverage in the U.S., American man seeks health care abroad
10.21.08: Heinen's, Giant Eagle workers voting on contracts
10.20.08: Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for President
10.17.08: Wal-Mart closes unionized Canada center
10.16.08: It's not McCain who lost, it's the ideas
10.16.08: Unions and Upward Mobility for Young Workers
10.15.08: 1 in 4 Working Families Now Low-Wage, Report Finds
10.14.08: Obama addresses injustice at Agriprocessors
10.10.08: Striking Workers to Vote on Agreement
10.10.08: Young Workers Need Health Care, Too
10.7.08: Former Agriprocessors workers still without pay
10.6.08: Obama joins with UFCW in supporting Health Care for America Now
10.2.08: Jobless Claims Point to Weakening Economy
10.1.08: MGPI Workers on Strike
10.1.08: United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 880 reaches tentative contract with Heinen's, Giant Eagle
10.1.08: Polls: Obama leads in critical trio of states
9.29.08: UNITED INDIANA GROCERY WORKERS ACHIEVE HIGHER LIVING STANDARDS
9.25.08: UFCW URGES CONGRESS TO MAKE RETIREMENT SECURITY PART OF FINANCIAL RESCUE PACKAGE
9.24.08: DENISON FARMLAND WORKERS REACH TENATIVE AGREEMENT
9.19.08: McCain: Flunking Economics
9.18.08: Wall Street Woes Hit Workers' Mental Health
9.18.08: Coalition Forms to Create Detroit Grocery Store
9.16.08: Unionization Substantially Improves the Pay and Benefits of Latino Workers
9.15.08: Conversations on Immigration
9.15.08: Communities push for health care in more than 180 cities
9.13.08: How the Middle Class Got Stuck
9.12.08: Health Care, Labor, Economy, Prosperity
9.12.08: CEO's Home Isn't Where Your Heart Is
9.11.08: Meatpacker May Lose Kosher Certification
9.10.08: GPC rejects good jobs in Muscatine
9.8.08: Big Labor's Big Chance
9.8.08: Muscatine workers still seeking fair contract
9.8.08: Judge upholds $187 million verdict
9.5.08: Jobless rate jumps to 5-year high of 6.1 percent
9.4.08: Wal-Mart's health care plan still not working
9.4.08: McCain: Can you trust a "maverick?"
9.4.08: Workers locked-out, but keeping busy
9.3.08: Happy Labor Day. Drop Dead.
9.1.08: The Department of Labor: A Damage Assessment
8.29.08: The State of Working America
8.29.08: This Labor Day, Remember: "Organized Labor Still Alive and Well"
8.29.08: Labor Leaders Stress Unions' Importance for Obama
8.27.08: DNC 2008: Anna Burger: "Brothers and Sisters, It Is Time for Change"
8.27.08: Hillary Clinton Says: "No Way. No How. No McCain"
8.26.08: American Workers Ready to Vote for Obama
8.26.08: 3 million members in 10 years
8.25.08: Street festival celebrates workers' rights
8.25.08: MyUFCW: Mobilize the Polls
8.24.08: Wal-Mart to face more pressure
8.21.08: Farmworkers organize with UFCW in ground-breaking victory
8.18.08: Gatineau Wal-Mart goes union as UFCW Canada wins first contract
8.6.08: Inquiry Finds Under-Age Workers at Meat Plant
8.5.08: Kosher Slaughterhouse Owners Surrounded by Scandal
8.5.08: OSHA Seeks $8.7 Million Fine Against Sugar Company
8.5.08: Shaw's Strike Averted as Workers Ratify New Contract
8.4.08: Shaw's and Union Reach Tentative Contract
8.1.08: UFCW Local 791 Contract Set to Expire
8.1.08: Unemployment at 4-year High
7.24.08: Labor & Progressives: Like Peanut Butter & Jelly
7.23.08: U.S. Rushes to Change Workplace Toxin Rules
7.19.08: No Friend of the Workers
7.19.08: Case Farms Poultry Workers Forced to Withhold Their Labor
7.17.08: Medication, Mislabeled by Wal-Mart, Puts Teen in Coma
7.16.08: McCain's Camp Tell America to Stop Whining
7.10.08: McCain-omics Will Hurt America's Workers
7.9.08: Health Care Group Launches
7.8.08: Agriprocessors Escapes Big Fines For Violations
7.8.08: UFCW President Announces Agressive New Health Care Mobilization Project
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