Working Folks Bust Paula Deen (Not For Making Fried Butter Balls)
The New York Times today covered an organized labor demonstration protesting Paula Deen's status as spokesperson for Smithfield. The NLRB found that Smithfield unfairly tried to keep a union out of its North Carolina plant. Deen defended the company in no uncertain terms. She probably didn't know that a fired worker trying to organize "had been beaten by the plant's police on the day of the (union) election."
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