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[1] In 1998, the Immigration and Naturalization Service estimated that about a quarter of meatpacking workers in Nebraska and Iowa were illegal immigrants. [3] The USDA published similar numbers, estimating the percentage of Hispanic meat-processing workers rising from less than 10% in 1980 to almost 30% in 2000. [ 7 ]
The Union Stockyards of Omaha, Nebraska, were founded in 1883 in South Omaha by the Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha. [1] A fierce rival of Chicago's Union Stock Yards, the Omaha Union Stockyards were third in the United States for production by 1890. [2] In 1947 they were second to Chicago in the world.
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.
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As one commentator said, "Your Anglo community is not going to work there, pretty much regardless of the wage. The entire meatpacking industry depends on immigrant labor, and always has." [16] In the 1980s, IBP recruited workers from far and wide for its Garden City plant, including 2,000 former refugees from Southeast Asia, mostly Vietnamese.
Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum is seen, Aug. 21, 2020, at his campaign headquarters in Tulsa, Okla. Bynum has created a new commission to recommend how various reparations can be made to survivors of the ...
Meat packing companies based in Omaha, Nebraska (5 P) Pages in category "Meatpacking industry in Omaha, Nebraska" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
In 2005, Ernie Chambers became the longest-serving State Senator in Nebraska history, with more than 32 years of service to his community and state. Because of a term-limit bill enacted in the Nebraska State Legislature, Chambers was not allowed to immediately run for reelection when his term expired in 2009, [34] so he waited until 2013 and ...