Immigrant Crackdown Upends A Slaughterhouse’s Work Force
More than 1,100 Hispanic workers have left Smithfield Food’s giant slaughterhouse in Tar Heel, NC, following crackdown by immigration officials in Nov 2006 in which 21 illegal immigrants were arrested; world’s largest hog-butchering plant is struggling to find, train and keep replacements, and is hiring mostly American workers, who often leave poorly paid jobs for higher wages at plant; turnover rate for new workers is high, as many find work grueling and smell awful; Smithfield’s recruiting ch…
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