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Smithfield Plant to Layoff Workers in 2013 (520 jobs in Virginia)
Wisconsin Ag Connection ^
| November 15, 2012
Posted on 11/15/2012 2:16:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
USAgNet - Smithfield Packing Company Inc., a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, plans to begin its planned closure of a Portsmouth, Va. hot dog and lunch meat production facility.
MeatPoultry reports that the firm announced the closure this past November.
Layoffs are expected to begin at the Portsmouth plant in January, and the facility will be closed by the end of March 2013.
The company says its first round of layoffs will impact about 120 workers. Another 400 employees will be affected by the plant closure....
(Excerpt) Read more at wisconsinagconnection.com ...
TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Food; Local News
KEYWORDS: food; layoffs; poultry; smithfield; unemployment; virginia
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/15/2012 2:24:25 PM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/15/2012 2:24:31 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
America is shutting down. All according to plan. And the people’s vote didn’t matter, 0bama stays and America will be shut down anyway. Be prepared.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
You had a choice, Virginia, you chose poorly.
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posted on
11/15/2012 2:27:05 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
No Virginia, there isn’t a Santa Clause...
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posted on
11/15/2012 2:28:10 PM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Hope and Change has become Attack and Obfuscate.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Look for our federal government to start drafting legislation that makes it unlawful to layoff workers for fiscal reasons.
Ayne Rand’s work will become non-fiction in short order per the direction we are headed.
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posted on
11/15/2012 2:30:19 PM PST
by
Tenacious 1
(The Click-&-Paste Media exists & works in Utopia, riding unicorns & sniffing pixy dust.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Poor Virginia. Thought her ‘first time’ would be special, just as Lena said. That he really, truly loved and cared about her. Turned out he was just another dog.
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posted on
11/15/2012 2:32:29 PM PST
by
ari-freedom
(It's the bennies, stupid.)
To: gov_bean_ counter
No Virginia, there isn’t a Santa Clause...My kingdom for a like button.
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posted on
11/15/2012 2:32:48 PM PST
by
ShadowDancer
("Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
MooseChelle don’t want nobody eatin’ hot dogs and lunch meat anyway, so it’s all good.
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posted on
11/15/2012 2:33:48 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Baraq's bankruptcy: 2016)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: ShadowDancer
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posted on
11/15/2012 2:45:55 PM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Hope and Change has become Attack and Obfuscate.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Smithfield Packing Company Inc., a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, plans to begin its planned closure of a Portsmouth, Va. hot dog and lunch meat production facility.
I thought the ECONOMY was doing great!!
Seriously, I wonder how many of those employees voted for ZERO!!
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posted on
11/15/2012 3:35:55 PM PST
by
ExCTCitizen
(More Republicans stayed home then the margin of victory of O's Win...)
To: ExCTCitizen
Does anyone remember the drive in ad for Smithfield barbecue in the '70s? Ya-hoo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=JibgSdkgxjM
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posted on
11/15/2012 4:45:43 PM PST
by
boop
("I need another Cutty Sark"-LBJ)
To: boop
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:29:58 PM PST
by
boop
("I need another Cutty Sark"-LBJ)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
A lot of food producers laying off...learn to grow and prepare your own.
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posted on
11/15/2012 6:20:43 PM PST
by
ez
(When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Portsmouth is Obama country!
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posted on
11/16/2012 5:59:27 AM PST
by
Arm_Bears
(Re-distribute my work ethic, not my wealth!)
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