The Nation - News from Jan. 29, 1986
Union meatpackers posted only a few pickets outside Hormel’s flagship plant in Austin, Minn., and the governor began recalling National Guard troops as workers in two other states honored picket lines and the company announced record earnings. Striking Local P-9 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union had expanded its picketing Monday to include plants in Ottumwa, Iowa, and Fremont, Neb. The company then fired about 265 workers who honored Local P-9’s roving pickets.
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