Smithfield walkout.

Tar Heel, North Carolina Tar Heel is a town in Bladen County, North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 70. Tar Heel is home to the largest slaughterhouse in the world which opened in 1992, operated by Smithfield Foods.

Employees at Smithfield Foods

This article or section is written like an .
Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view.
Mark blatant advertising for , using . processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina, walked off the job November 16 and 17 to protest the company's firing of fifty workers as part of a crackdown crack·down
n.
An act or example of forceful regulation, repression, or restraint: a crackdown on crime.

Noun 1. on undocumented workers.

For more information, contact the Justice at Smithfield campaign at www.smithfieldjustice.com

COPYRIGHT 2007 The Progressive, Inc.
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.

Reader Opinion

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Title Annotation:	On the Line
Publication:	The Progressive
Date:	Feb 1, 2007
Words:	52
Previous Article:	Hoops and toxic waste don't mix.(On the Line)
Next Article:	Impeachment now!(On the Line)
Topics:	Meat industry

Related Articles
Smithfield Foods Inc., Smithfield, Va., purchased more than 8 million shares of Campofrio Alimentacion S.A., for approximately $87.8 million.(At...
Smithfield Foods Inc., Smithfield, Va., closes the sale of its wholly owned Canadian subsidiary.(At Closing News)(Brief Article)
Smithfield Foods Inc. said its Smithfield Beef Group unit had acquired MF Cattle Feeding Inc., a unit of ConAgra Foods Inc.(At Closing News)(Brief...
ContiBeef LLC and Smithfield Foods Inc. will merge their cattle feedlots under a joint venture that will become the largest U.S. cattle feeding...
Lean meat in minutes: the best heat 'n eat cuts.(BRAND-NAME RATING)
Sowing peace and justice.(NORTH CAROLINA)(Smithfield Foods Inc.)(Brief article)