WASHINGTON – An undercover video shot at an Iowa farm shows workers hitting sows with metal rods, slamming piglets on a concrete floor and bragging about abusing the pigs.

RICHMOND, Va. – A jury will consider Smithfield Foods Inc.’s racketeering and extortion allegations against the United Food and Commercial Works International (UFCW) in its effort to organize workers

WINNIPEG, Manitoba – The Canadian Pork Council said Tuesday that exports of fresh, chilled and frozen U.S. pork have been increasing and narrowing the gap between Canadian exports and

DENVER – The National Cattlemen’s Foundation (NCF) is coordinating relief efforts for cattlemen in Texas and Louisiana who have been affected by Hurricane Ike. In the Texas counties of

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC) has joined the Pork Checkoff’s Nutritional Efficiency Consortium (NEC), a group of organizations addressing the increasing cost of pork

DUBLIN, Ohio – Shareholder votes are expected to seal the deal today on a take over of Wendy’s International Inc. by Triarc Cos., owners of Arby’s. Wendy’s shareholders are

NEW YORK – Agriprocessors Inc., already in the spotlight for immigration raids this year, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court reconsider its position that illegal immigrants have a right

RICHMOND, Va. – United Food and Commercial Works International told a federal judge it did nothing wrong in peacefully applying economic pressure while trying to organize workers at a

WASHINGTON – The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Monday on the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s (NCBA) appeal of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule

DENVER – A union official on Friday filed grievances on behalf of Muslim workers who were fired from a meatpacking plant after a dispute about prayer breaks. The United