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Blog / Swift workers rally to keep plant open

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Swift workers rally to keep plant open

Nov 16, 2009

swift rally

UFCW Local 227 members rallied against proposed zoning changes that would force the closure of the Butchertown Swift plant in Louisville, Kentucky.

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