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Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Smithfield pork plant loses hundreds of workers
Smithfield pork plant loses hundreds of workersIn StarTribune.com Business
RALEIGH, N.C. - Hundreds of workers at a Smithfield Packing Co. plant have quietly left their jobs or stopped showing up for work after a crackdown on illegal immigrants. Many have submitted resignation letters and collected pay for unused vacation; others identified by the company in November as having unverifiable employment documents quit without notice, spokesman Dennis Pittman said. In all, Pittman said, about 300 employees have left as of Monday.
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