Meatpacking

IBP Settles Record OSHA Case for Systematic Injury Underreporting at Dakota City Meatpacking Plant

1988-11-23 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

IBP Inc., the nation’s largest meatpacking company, agrees to pay a $975,000 fine and implement a comprehensive ergonomics program to address rampant repetitive motion injuries at its Dakota City, Nebraska beef plant, settling what OSHA officials call “the worst example of underreporting …

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Hormel Strike Broken Through Permanent Replacement, Ending Pattern Bargaining in Meatpacking

1985-08-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

United Food and Commercial Workers Local P-9 workers at Hormel’s flagship Austin, Minnesota plant strike against wage cuts from $10.69 to $8.25 per hour, seeking to maintain the meatpacking industry’s traditional “pattern bargaining” where major companies matched union wage …

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