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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of NOW-Update Sent: Thu 12/14/2006 7:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: This Week on NOW: The messy fight to unionize a meatpacking plant NOW Newsletter Friday, December 15, 2006 on PBS (Check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html) ======================================================= Each week, NOW tries to not only tell you, but SHOW you the inner workings of our democracy and the struggles between various factions in our society. This week we bring you inside the world's largest pork processing plant, located in a small town in North Carolina. The plant is the site of a long-running and controversial struggle between labor and management to unionize the workers. No television crew has ever been allowed to shoot inside, until NOW. However you're celebrating the holidays, or preparing to, we at NOW wish you the best of health, happiness, and short lines wherever you shop. Joel Schwartzberg Senior Producer, New Media NOW on PBS ======================================================= THIS WEEK: Food Fight Can labor unions still pack a punch for workers? NOW travels to Tar Heel, North Carolina to investigate the twelve-year battle to unionize the world's largest pork processing plant. In so doing, NOW's Maria Hinojosa became the first TV journalist ever allowed to film inside the plant, owned by Smithfield Packing Company. Smithfield has been locked in a fight with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union for over a decade, amid court and government findings of past intimidation, physical violence, spying, and other violations of workers' rights. The outcome of the stand-off is a test case for organized labor's efforts to unionize low-wage workers, particularly in what's considered a traditionally anti-union South. Web Extras: About the Show http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/250/index.html NOW Web Video Exclusive: Senior Correspondent Maria Hinojosa takes us inside the plant to experience all the sites, sounds, and smells. This will appear on the NOW website on Friday: http://www.pbs.org/now NOW Interview: Cornell University's Director of Labor Education Research, Kate Bronfenbrenner http://pbs.org/now/shows/250/unions.html Meatpacking in the U.S.: Still a "Jungle" Out There? http://pbs.org/now/shows/250/meat-packing.html ======================================================= "
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