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  2. Labor rights in American meatpacking industry - Wikipedia

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    According to a study in the Drake Journal of Agricultural Law, "most meatpacking employees are poor, many are immigrants struggling to survive, and most are now employed in rural locations." [1] In 1998, the Immigration and Naturalization Service estimated that about a quarter of meatpacking workers in Nebraska and Iowa were illegal immigrants. [3]

  3. Hammond Packing Plant - Wikipedia

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    The plant was opened in the 1880s and was then closed in 1901, when it was bought by the Armour Company for $5,000,000. In 1905 the National Packing Company bought the plant to reopen it.

  4. Union Stockyards (Omaha) - Wikipedia

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    HAER No. NE-10, "South Omaha Union Stock Yards", 7 photos, 10 measured drawings, 56 data pages, 2 photo caption pages HAER No. NE-10-A, " South Omaha Union Stock Yards, Livestock Exchange Building ", 16 photos, 12 data pages, 3 photo caption pages

  5. US to clarify enforcement of antitrust laws in meatpacking - AOL

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    (Reuters) -Livestock farmers in the U.S. would have a clearer path to bringing antitrust complaints against meatpacking companies for unfair business practices under a rule proposed by the U.S ...

  6. Kids working overnight in meatpacking plants? US is sliding ...

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  7. Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha - Wikipedia

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    The Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha was a 90-year-old company first founded in South Omaha, Nebraska in 1878 by John A. Smiley. After being moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa and dissolved within a year, the company was reorganized and moved to South Omaha in 1883. [ 1 ]

  8. Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission - Wikipedia

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    Their enforcement authority has been expanded several times, including coverage of the Nebraska Equal Pay Act in 1967 (Equal Pay in Employment), [7] the Nebraska Civil Rights Act in 1969 (Public Accommodations), [8] the Age Discrimination in Employment Act in 1972, [9] and the Nebraska Fair Housing Act in 1991. [10]

  9. Wilson Packing Plant - Wikipedia

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    The Wilson Packing Plant was a division of the Wilson and Company meatpacking company located near South 27th and Y Streets in South Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in the 1890s, it closed in 1976. [1] It occupied the area bounded by Washington Street, South 27th Street, W Street and South 30th Street.