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Happy New Year!
 From all your brothers and sisters at UFCW, may your new year be filled with justice and peace. Happy 2009.
What are you most looking forward to in 2009? Passing the Employee Free Choice Act? Healthcare reform?
Sound off in the comments!
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Watch any good TV lately?
Seen anything good on T.V. lately? No? Then you must not have been watching UFCW TV, a Voice and Vision for Working America.
Check it out and tell us what your favorite video is!
Have a video you want to share? If you've got a Facebook account, it's easy. You can upload your photos and videos to the UFCW Fan Page and share with members all over the world.
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Smithfield Workers Win a Voice with UFCW
 Tar Heel, N.C. – Workers at Smithfield Packing in Tar Heel, North Carolina, chose union representation with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). Workers voted 2041 to 1879 for a voice on the job.
“When workers have a fair process, they choose a voice on the job,” said UFCW Director of Organizing Pat O’Neill. “This is a great victory for the Tar Heel workers. I know they are looking forward to sitting down at the bargaining table with Smithfield to negotiate a contract. The UFCW has constructive union contracts with Smithfield plants around the country. Those union contracts benefit workers, the company and the community. We believe the workers here in Tar Heel can achieve a similar agreement.”
Ronnie Ann Simmons, a veteran of 13 years at the plant said, “We are thrilled. This moment has been a long time coming. We stuck together, and now we have a say on the job.”
Workers at 26 Smithfield-owned facilities around the country already have UFCW representation.
CLICK HERE for photos of Smithfield workers.
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