Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Joe Luter and Smithfield Foods
2. Cheap Labor Built on a Legacy of Slavery
3. Lots of Pigs, Lots of Poop, Lots of Politics, Lots of Pollution
4. The Plant Opens; The Work Is Beastly
5. The First Union Vote; The NLRB Investigates
6. Environment and Immigration; North Carolina Is Forever Altered
7. The Company Woman; Climbing the Ladder Has Its Costs
8. The Second Union Vote; More Firings
9. The Trial; A Surprise Witness
10. The Judge Rules
11. On the Road with Union Organizers
12. The Corporate Campaign; Basic Human Rights
13. Pressure Mounts on Harris Teeter and Paula Deen
14. Latino Workers Walk Off the Job; ICE Raids Cause Flight
15. Stockholders Salvo; Secret Talks; Stalemate
16. RICO Shocks; Both Sides Flinch
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index