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2008-09-11 Olde Tyme Religion

Update: At least 100 Swift workers let go

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Posted by tu3031 2008-09-11 10:57|| || Front Page|| [10326 views ] Top

#1 If you haven't seen pictures of this crowd, go to the Denver Post. It is scary. As I said, if these meat plants can't employ American workers at union wages, they should be shut down. Not only do they not benefit the communities they operate in, they are highly destructive. Once you see these goat herders, you won't be eager to bite into anything they've handled. I am fortunate that I can get meat from a local butcher shop. There's no way I would eat anything from over the counter any longer. I would rather be forced into vegetarianism. Yuck. These bastards have no place in our society. None. Thanks very much Hill & Bill. You two shitbombs.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-09-11 11:33|| 2008-09-11 11:33|| Front Page Top

#2 I understand your concern Woozle Elmeter 2700, but just remember that pork from these packing plants is still safe.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-09-11 12:15|| 2008-09-11 12:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Ahem. Let's not condemn an entire group on the basis of the acts of some. As the article notes, some of the employees returned to work, some didn't.

We're not about group identity here at the Burg. Let Kos do that.

Posted by Steve White 2008-09-11 12:15|| 2008-09-11 12:15|| Front Page Top

#4 But many of the workers who gathered at a Greeley park Tuesday expressed their dissatisfaction with negotiations by saying, No prayer, no work.

Oh, look. You were right...

Posted by tu3031 2008-09-11 12:22|| 2008-09-11 12:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Slaughterhouse work is tough.

Many (probably most) large plants in the country are having trouble finding workers at prevailing wages ($6 to $10/hour to start and about 30% better than that with experience).

What the market clearing wage rate would be so that non citizens would take the job is anyone's guess but probably at least twice prevailing rates.

Posted by mhw 2008-09-11 13:31|| 2008-09-11 13:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Being a butcher was once a noble profession, often involving and employing an entire family, sometimes for a couple of generations.
Skinnier and skinnier profit margins, driven by the mega producers like Swift, flipped the price where a local butcher was paying more per lb.for "wholecows" than the prices on finished goods from the big boys.
It was a Walmartization of an industry but it took place outside the view of many Americans.
You local butcher shop is now simply a boutique market.

Posted by Capsu 78 2008-09-11 18:39|| 2008-09-11 18:39|| Front Page Top

#7 muzzies handling pork...nah!

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