Smithfield Packing, union agree on contract at huge NC plant, schedule vote to start June 30

TAR HEEL, N.C. — Smithfield Packing Co. and the union that worked for years to organize one of the world’s largest pork slaughterhouses said Friday they reached a tentative agreement on their first contract for the plant.

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