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Packing plant workers say pace brutal

• By DON WALTON / Lincoln Journal Star
• Oct 7, 2009
• Oct 7, 2009
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Nebraska Appleseed has released a new report on the working conditions in meatpacking plants. The report was compiled through interviews with 455 workers in five communities, but it did not identify the plants.

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