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Labor's big victory in Omaha. (On the Line).


Omaha

Workers at ConAgra's Northern States Beef plant in Omaha, Nebraska “Omaha” redirects here. For other uses, see Omaha (disambiguation).
Omaha is the largest city in the State of Nebraska, United States. It is the county seat of Douglas County.GR6 As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 390,007.
, voted 251-to-126 in favor of upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of.

See also: favor
 joining the United Food and Commercial Workers The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is a labor union representing approximately 1.4 million workers in the United States and Canada in many industries, including agriculture, health care, meatpacking, poultry and food processing, manufacturing, textile and  International Union. The work force, made up mostly of Mexican Mexican

named after or originating in Mexico.


Mexican axolotl
see ambystomamexicanum.

Mexican beaded lizard
(Heloderma horridum
 immigrants, reversed its 2000 decision against joining the union.

After the vote, Olga Espinoza, an eight-year employee of ConAgra, said in a statement to the press: "We made our voices heard--we want a union. We stood together and won."

For more information, go to www.ufcw.org.
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Date:Jul 1, 2002
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