The N&O reports this morning about the vote by workers to unionize Smithfield Foods’ Bladen County plant by a narrow margin, and reporter Kristin Collins captured some astounding quotes:
“Today, justice has truly been served,” said Mattie Fulcher, a
nine-year employee of the plant. Fulcher, a union supporter who
observed the count, said the union would protect her from a company
where “the pigs mean more to them than I do.”…“You can’t go to the bathroom when you want. When you’re sick, they
expect you to still come to work,” said Charles McEachim of
Fayetteville, who was leaving the plant after his shift Thursday. “We
need a union.”
If you really believe your employer treats you worse than pigs, why stay in your job, whether there’s a union or not?
