3,800 workers are on strike at a massive U.S. meatpacking plant. They want higher wages and better healthcare
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3,800 meatpacking workers strike for higher wages and better healthcare benefits.
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3,800 workers have gone on strike at a large U.S. meatpacking plant, demanding higher wages and better healthcare benefits. The striking workers are also protesting the company's practice of charging employees more than $1,000 each for their safety equipment.
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