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June-July, 2008

July  2008

Iowa Rally Protests Raid and Conditions at Plant
About 1,000 people, including Hispanic immigrants, Catholic clergy members, rabbis and activists, marched through the center of this farm town on Sunday and held a rally at the entrance to a kosher meatpacking plant that was raided in May... FULL STORY

June 2008

Unemployment Rate Hits 5.5%; Payrolls Shrink for Fifth Month
The American job market weakened again last month as employers shed 49,000 jobs, the government said on Friday, further darkening the outlook for workers as they try to cope with the housing slump and high oil prices that cut into their spending power. ... FULL STORY

Factories Turn to Burmese Refugees After Government Crackdown
Eighteen months ago, a federal roundup of hundreds of undocumented Latino workers nearly crippled a giant JBS Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Texas. Today, the slaughterhouse is on the rebound, thanks to an unexpected influx of refugees from Myanmar. ... FULL STORY

Compliance Officer Hired in Meat Packing Plant
The Postville meatpacking plant raided last month by federal immigration agents has hired a former federal prosecutor to monitor its compliance with the law, a company spokesman announced Thursday. ... FULL STORY

Union Woos Captains of Montauk Harbor
Members of the East End commercial fishing industry met with representatives of Local 359 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union in Montauk on Thursday to urge commercial fishermen to join. ... FULL STORY