As a vote to unionize National Beef's Dodge City plant draws near, United Food and Commercial Workers Union organizers and plant employees claim the company attempted to intimidate workers who distributed leaflets and allege National Beef's management told workers unionization would result in job losses for many.
A group of National Beef employees, who met at Dodge's Holiday Inn on Tuesday night, made allegations about working conditions at the plant, alleging verbal abuse, a dangerously fast work pace, withholding of appropriate medical treatment, no pay raises, violations of employee rights, and threats to report workers to immigration officials.
Veronica Hernandez, 33, said through a translator she has worked at the meat packing plant 10 years.
"I earn 20 cents more an hour than I did when I started. But actually, it's the way we're treated that bothers workers the most," she said. "The line supervisors abuse us - they yell and scream at people, call us names and insult us. We want that abuse to stop."
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As a vote to unionize National Beef's Dodge City plant draws near, United Food and Commercial Workers Union organizers and plant employees claim the company attempted to intimidate workers who distributed leaflets and allege National Beef's management told workers unionization would result in job losses for many.
A group of National Beef employees, who met at Dodge's Holiday Inn on Tuesday night, made allegations about working conditions at the plant, alleging verbal abuse, a dangerously fast work pace, withholding of appropriate medical treatment, no pay raises, violations of employee rights, and threats to report workers to immigration officials.
Veronica Hernandez, 33, said through a translator she has worked at the meat packing plant 10 years.
"I earn 20 cents more an hour than I did when I started. But actually, it's the way we're treated that bothers workers the most," she said. "The line supervisors abuse us - they yell and scream at people, call us names and insult us. We want that abuse to stop."
For the full story, go to dodgecitydailyglobe.ks.newsmemory.com.
