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Vol. 72/No. 8      February 25, 2008

 
‘Militant’ helps spread word on Dakota victory
 
Twenty-three workers at the Rochelle Foods, Inc. meatpacking plant in western Illinois picked up the Militant on their way into work February 9. Many were eager to learn about the union victory at Dakota Premium.

“We need to do that too,” one worker said, referring to the successful effort to defend the union at Dakota. While many workers at Rochelle Foods belong to the union, those who perform sanitation duties work for a separate company and do not.

Over the next several weeks, Militant distributors in Chicago plan to field similar teams to Joslin, Monmouth, and Beardstown, Illinois—all sites of large meatpacking operations.

—JOHN HAWKINS


 
 
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