A state commission spent two years crafting rules to monitor water pollution at factory farms -- but a state senator with close ties to the hog industry got his colleagues to unanimously pass a bill nixing those rules. Will the House follow suit? More...
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With concerns growing over public health problems associated with industrial hog farms, environmental advocates are calling on North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue to launch a task force to study the problem. But what happened when advocates tried to get state lawmakers to hear their case shows how hard it is to take on Boss Hog. More...
Employees at the massive Smithfield pork plant in Tar Heel, N.C. accepted a four-year labor contract, an achievement that's been almost two decades in the making. More...
When a virus related to the H1N1 strain behind the current outbreak was discovered at a Sampson County, N.C. hog farm in 1998, health experts didn't believe it posed a threat to humans. Are factory farms breeding grounds for potential public health disasters? More...
From Mexico to the U.S. South, industrial hog farms are associated with serious environmental health problems. So why do we keep subsidizing them? More...
The current outbreak of swine flu originated in a Mexican community where a Smithfield Farms subsidiary operates a massive hog-raising operation. More...
Corporate lobbies have stepped up their work against the Employee Free Choice Act, claiming the bill would enable union leaders to intimidate and coerce workers into supporting the union. But more and more research shows that it's the bosses who do the intimidating. More...
When it comes to union organizing, are elections the problem, or is it the very uneven playing field on which they're held, where the employer has all the advantages? Labor Notes talks with Gene Bruskin, who coordinated the union campaign at the Smithfield Foods hog butcher in Tar Heel, North Carolina. More...
Arkansas will be pushed into the spotlight as the battle over the Employee Free Choice Act heats up in Congress -- where the state's two senators may hold deciding swing votes deciding the bill's fate. More...
The national stage is being set for one of the most critical labor rights' battles in a generation. As corporations mount aggressive PR campaigns against a pro-worker bill, labor rights groups argue that higher unionization rates can further recovery. More...
The percentage of Southern workers belonging to unions remained unchanged in 2008. Florida and North Carolina show biggest gains, Georgia and Mississippi largest losses. More...
Sen. Blanche Lincoln's (D-Ark.) announcement that she is backing away from the key labor reform could kill the measure. Does her decision have anything to do with the corporate giants in her backyard? More...
Black and Latino workers prevailed in a 16-year campaign to organize the world's largest pork slaughterhouse. What does it mean for the future of Southern labor? More...
Wednesday and Thursday labor rights' advocates will be turning their eyes to North Carolina. About 4,600 workers at the Smithfield Packing Co. slaughterhouse and packing plant in Bladen County will vote on whether the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)... More...
Before you slice that ham or carve that turkey this Thanksgiving, give thanks to the workers who bring it to your table. More...
Steven Greenhouse, a long-time reporter for The New York Times covering labor issues (remember when all papers had labor reporters?), has an excellent piece today on the impact of immigration raids in the South.He looks at Smithfield Foods' giant hog... More...
Last week on "The State of Things," North Carolina Public Radio's popular call-in show, N.C. Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue stated that she saw "no downsides" to dramatically expanding the role of military bases and contractors in the state, a new... More...
As the place where the Wright brothers made their historic take-off, North Carolina likes to brag that it's "First in Flight." But the state's ongoing involvement in the CIA's torture taxi service puts it first in flight of a most... More...
This week brought two big pieces of news at the embattled Smithfield Foods plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina -- the largest hog processing plant in the world.On Wednesday, Smithfield announced it had cooperated with Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE)... More...
About 400 workers at the giant Smithfield hog-processing facility in Tar Heel, N.C. missed the first shift today to protest the company's decision not to give them the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday as a paid day off, the Associated... More...
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