Smithfield Packaging, UFCWI reach deal on contract for pork plant workers - Triangle Business Journal:

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Votes will be held June 30 and July 1 to ratify the The agreement comes more than six months after workers at the plant voted to join the That vote come after 15 yearsz of campaigning by the UFCW to unionizdethe plant, located about 90 minutess from Raleigh. Workers on two occasions had voted down proposald to jointhe UFCW, but the union argued that Smithfielfd used illegal means to thwart the electionss – an assertion that played a role in the union’as campaign against the Smithfield, Va.-based company. The two sides reaches agreement last year on allowingf athird vote.
Union spokeswoman Jill Cashen said the uniom will not disclose details on the agreement until aftedr workers have had a chance to review and voteon it. A call to representativesw of Smithfield (NYSE: SFD) and were not immediately returned.