NEWS ARTICLE LINKS:
APRIL 2007
4/05/07 - DallasObserver.com -
Ground
Meat: Native-born and immigrant both get bled at Swift's beef plant
FEBRUARY 2007
2/15/07 - TheNation.com - Lockdown
in Greeley (Colorado Swift Meatpacking Plant)
2/13/07
- Associated Press - Swift
receives several applicants for vacant positions
2/11/07 - The Dallas Morning News - Swift
Plant Raid has Devastated Cactus, Texas
2/2/07 - DesertNews.com, Reduced
sentences criticized in ID thefts
DECEMBER 2007
12/21/06 - Legal
Brief (South Africa) - Ex-Workers Sue Major US Firm
for Wages
12/20/06 - Judicial
Watch (D.C.) - Illegal Immigrant Employer Gets Sued
12/19/06 - CNN
Lou Dobbs Tonight - Interview with Heygood
12/19/06 - Albuquerque
Tribune - Ex-Swift workers sue over immigrant hiring
12/19/06 - Columbus
Telegram (Nebraska) - Ex-Swift workers File Suit
12/19/06 - Jamaica
Observer (Kingstown) - Former Employees Sue U.S.
Meatpacker
12/19/06 - Boulder
Daily Camera (Colorado) - Former Workers Say Swift
Hired Illegals to Lower Wages
12/19/06 - KCCI
Channel 8, Des Moines, Iowa - Former Employees Sue
Swift
12/19/06 - KSL
Channel 5, Utah - Lawsuit Filed by Former Swift
Employees
12/19/06 - Charlotte
News & Observer - Ex-Employees Sue Meatpacker
12/19/06 - Greeley
Tribune (Colorado) - Former Employees Sue Swift
12/19/06 - Chicago
Sun Times - Ex-Swift Workers Charge Conspiracy
12/19/06 - Fort
Worth Star Telegram - Former Employees Say Swift
Used Illegal Workers
12/19/06 - Centre
Daily Times (Pennsylvania) - Former Employees Say
Swift Used Illegal Workers
12/19/06 - Hartford
Courant - Suit Alleges Wage Squeeze
12/19/06 - Sioux
City Journal (Iowa) - Former Employees Sue Swift
12/19/06 - Yankton
Daily Press (South Dakota) - Ex-Employees Sue Swift
12/19/06 - Rocky
Mountain News (Denver) - Ex-Workers Suing Swift
12/19/06 - North
County Times (California) - Ex-Employees Sue Swift
12/19/06 - Wall
Street Journal Online- Swift Ex-Employees File Wage
Suit
12/19/06 - International
Herald Tribune - Former Employees Sue US Meatpacker
12/19/06 - Houston
Chronicle - Former Employees Sue Swift
12/19/06 - Daily
Herald (Utah) - Former Employees Sue Swift
12/19/06 - Pioneer
Press (Minneapolis/St. Paul) - Former Employees
Say Swift Used Illegal Workers
12/19/06 - West
Central Tribune (Minnesota) - Former Employees Say
Swift Used Illegal Workers
12/19/06 - St.
Louis Post Dispatch - Ex-Swift Workers Sue
12/19/06 - Denver
Post - Swift Sued Over Hiring
12/19/06 - Amarillo
Globe News - Suits Filed in Swift Raids
12/19/06 - Washington
Times - Ex-Workers Sue Swift
12/18/06 - Fox
News - Ex-Employees Sue Meatpacking Company
12/18/06 - Salt
Lake Tribune - They Claim Undocumented Workers Were
Knowingly Hired
12/18/06 - Business
Week Online- Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - Dallas
Morning News Online- Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - NTV
(Nebraska) - Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - Des
Moines Register - Swift Tried to Depress Wages
12/18/06 - WQAD,
Channel 8, Illinois - Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - Dallas
Business Journal Online- Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - Washington
Business Journal Online- Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - Charlotte
Business Journal Online - Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - Milwaukee
Business Journal Online - Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - Phoenix
Business Journal Online - Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - Fox
News, Channel 31, Denver - Former Swift Workers
Sue
12/18/06 - KWTX,
CBS Channel 10, Waco - Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - KVUE,
Austin - Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - KMGH,
ABC Channel 7, Denver - Former Swift Employees Sue
12/18/06 - KGBT,
Channel 4, Brownsville and Harlingen - Former Employees
Sue Swift
12/18/06 - MSNBC.com
- Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - CattleNetwork.com
- Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - Hemscott.com
(UK) - Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - WHO,
NBC Channel 13, Des Moines - Former Employees Sue
Swift
12/18/06 - KTIV,
NBC Channel 4, Sioux City- Former Employees Sue
Swift
12/18/06 - WOI,
ABC Channel 5, Des Moines- Former Employees Sue
Swift
12/18/06 - WCCO,
CBS Channel 4, Minnesota - Following Raids - Ex-
Employees Sue
12/18/06 - KWWL,
Channel 7, Iowa - Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - KRIS,
Channel 6, Corpus Christi - Former Employees Sue
Swift
12/18/06 - In-Forum.com
- Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - Kiplinger.com
- Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - KTEN,
NBC Channel 10, Sherman - Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - KTRE,
ABC Channel 9, Lufkin - Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - KSWO,
Channel 7, Lawton - Former Employees Sue Swift
12/18/06 - KLTV,
ABC Channel 7, Tyler and Longview - Former Employees
Sue Swift