Smithfield Workers Have Won Recognition For King Day

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Smithfield Workers Have Won Recognition For King Day

http://www.laborradio.org/node/7725

By Doug Cunningham

When the nation celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Day Monday hundreds of Smithfield Foods workers are expected to celebrate even more intensely. That�s because after taking on the company over the right to take time off work for the holiday, this is the first year that Smithfield Foods is officially recognizing the holiday. Thousands of workers had signed petitions and others left the plant or stayed home on King Day to get the company to allow them the holiday. That collective action paid off. This year Smithfield Foods is the largest private employer in North Carolina recognizing the King holiday.

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