There’s A Reason I Don’t Eat Swine at connecting*the*dots

January 21st, 2007

Last Monday, Ed Cone posted a letter from Nelson Johnson regarding Smithfield Packing’s refusal to give its employees Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day off. A handful of comments down the line, Smithfield’s unconscionable operating tactics were exposed.

Now, for the company PR:

UPDATE: Here’s a shot from Smithfield’s waste facility, featured in Jeff Tietz’s Rolling Stone article, Boss Hog:

1 darkmoon Jan 21st, 2007 at 10:52 am

While this is a bit of a tangent, I’m going to point out that MLK as a holiday is actually a rather new thing in the corporate world. Most of the people I know do not get it off. It has always been a government/bank/school holiday just as President’s Day is. It wasn’t until recently that I can remember, that my employer set up MLK. Maybe I’m wrong (about the employer part), but I do know many people that don’t get it off.
2 sean coon Jan 21st, 2007 at 12:06 pm

MLK day was signed into effect by reagan in 1986. the last state to adopt the holiday was utah in 2000. corporate america has had the opportunity for upwards of 20 years to get on board. it’s pathetic; the man was a modern day prophet.

my brother’s company — the bill brooks group — is only 25 people and they choose not to celebrate the day. it’s a friggin’ joke.

this sums it up for me.

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