Labor
October 13, 2006 -
The following is a special Facing South report on work at Smithfield Foods, the meat-processing giant with its main pork plant -- the largest in the world -- in Tarheel, N.C. Earlier this month, Smithfield -- already the country's largest hog and pork producer, and fifth-largest beaf producer -- bought out ConAgra Foods Inc.
September 18, 2006 -
One of the choicer pieces of dubious dealings revealed at the hearings today about war profiteering was the disclosure that Halliburton/KBR was offering medals to wounded employees -- but only if they agreed not to sue the company.
August 4, 2006 -
When debate was sizzling last year over the Central American Free Trade Agreement -- passed by a 217-215 vote in the U.S.
July 18, 2006 -
This article in the Birmingham Business Journal says that bankruptcy rates in some Southern states are among the highest in the nation:
July 13, 2006 -
It's official!
July 12, 2006 -
Alcoa Aluminum Co., with operations in Arkansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Texas, and other states including Tennessee where they employ 1600 workers, recently asked their 9,000 United Steelworker employees for concessions in a new contract.
July 7, 2006 -
The Common Sense Foundation in Raleigh passes long the news: