Immigrant-related walkout ends - Smlr_net

19 Nov 2006


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Immigrant-related walkout ends 
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About 1,000 workers -- some of whom had been fired -- return to a North Carolina slaughtering plant after a church helps them reach a deal with Smithfield Foods.
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From the Associated Press
November 19 2006
TAR HEEL, N.C. &#8212; Employees at a Smithfield Foods Inc. slaughtering plant returned to work Saturday after walking off their jobs for two days to protest the recent firing of immigrants.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-walkout19nov19,1,358...
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