Smithfield Workers in Sioux Falls Stand Strong, Win Big (w/ Kooper Caraway)

Duration
0:00 / 42:29
Published
June 28, 2021
We cover a lot of important worker struggles on this show, but it's important to cover worker victories as well—and workers in South Dakota just landed a huge victory! After suffering one of the worst COVID workplace outbreaks in the country last year, leading to four deaths and over 1,000 infections, workers at the Smithfield pork processing plant in Sioux Falls refused to back down on demands for better pay and for a 15-minute break during the second half of their shifts.