On August 16 the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union lost a representation election at Nebraska Beef. Workers involved in the organizing campaign are supporting the union's effort to get the results of the election thrown out. The union maintains that the company used illegal tactics to harass and intimidate workers. A hearing on the charges against the company is scheduled for October 10 in Omaha.

The leaflet explains that the purpose of the Workers Committee is to "organize to win the next union election, defend the rights of all workers in the plant, and join with workers at other plants who are fighting to join the union."

The leaflet asks that workers let the committee know about any problems with line speed, supervisors, unfair disciplining, firing or other problems. "If you have a problem you are not alone. The Workers Committee together with the union and OTOC will do everything we can to organize workers to defend our rights." The OTOC (Omaha Together, One Community) is a local coalition of churches that has teamed up with the union to help organize Omaha's 4,000 packinghouse workers.  
 
 
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