Legal Cases

• Smithfield and the Law:
  1995 - 2007 Overview

• US Court of Appeals Findings, May 2006
  (pdf)

• Two NLRB desisions in Wilson plant case, August, 2006: One (pdf), and Two (pdf)

Human Rights Watch Reports

• "Workers Rights At Smithfield Foods in Tar Heel, NC," Excerpts from the Human Rights Watch report Blood Sweat and Fear: Workers' Rights in U.S. Meat and Poultry Plants (pdf)

• Full HRW Report-Blood Sweat and Fear: Workers' Rights in U.S. Meat and Poultry Plants (html)

• Full HRW Report-Unfair Advantage: Workers' Freedom Association of the United States under International Human Rights Standards (html)

Health and Safety

• UFCW Report-Packaged With Abuse: A Report on Health and Safety at Smithfield Packing in Tar Heel, NC
  Full Report (pdf)
  Executive Summary (pdf)

• Injury Rate Chart for Smithfield's Tar Heel Plant 2003-2006 (pdf)

Race

• The New York Times' Pulitzer Prize winning story on race at Smithfield's Tar Heel Plant. From June 2000.

Workers' Vocies

• Stories of sexual harassment, injury, illness and termination at the Smithfield Tar Heel Plant in the workers' own voices.

Additional Sources

• Timeline of Events

• Committee to Defend the Rights of Smithfield Workers in Tar Heel, NC (website)