GRITtv with Laura Flanders

GRITtv: What Difference Would EFCA Make? The Smithfield Story

Mar 18, 2009 Episode Archive
About this series: Laura Flanders talks to creative thinkers and change-makers from the worlds of politics, arts and the new economy. The smartest conversations, with the smartest thinkers and doers of our time, distributed in multiple formats on a variety of platforms. Keep abreast of fresh content by following GRITtv, the site Flanders founded, on Twitter @GRITtv.
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What difference would EFCA make? Employees at the Smithfield pork processing plant in North Carolina have battled for more than a decade to form a u...
What difference would EFCA make? Employees at the Smithfield pork processing plant in North Carolina have battled for more than a decade to form a union. They've confronted threats from their employer and various layers of intimidation. Last December, however, they were successful in forming a union in one of the least union friendly states. Gene Bruskin, a former strategist for the United Food and Commercial Workers Smithfield campaign, says that the 16-year battle for union recognition at the North Carolina meat packing plant would have happened a lot sooner if workers not employers had been in charge. Less
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