Beltway Area Indymedia

n Wed Nove 28, paid Smithfield spokesperson and cookbook author Paula Dan showed up at Books-a-Million in Dupont Circle for fans to sign her latest book. She was greeted by protesters from UFCW and the Justice at Smithfield campaign.
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Several people slipped inside with copies of the book(required for admission to the line) and when they got to the front confronted Paula Dean over her refusal to meet with any Smithfield workers except a few that management sent to her.

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Paula Dean promotes buttery recipies, family values-and Smithfield products. On April 18, her book signing tour was greeted at the Museum of Natural History by protesotrs angry about Smithfield's abuses.

One speaker at the rally recounted how a worker was injured and then fired. First this worker accidently cut his arm due to high production line speeds.

(AUDIO: 5 min 58 sec)

About noon on March 31, protestors descended on the Harris-Teeter grocery store on Glebe Road in Arlington. Once there, a delegation entered the store to deliver petitions and inspect house brand pork products to see if they have changed packers.

A most interesting thing happened inside. A huge wall of boxes of produce walled off the section of the meat coolers where ham, bacon, etc are displayed, giving very limited access-even nearly preventing one customer from making a purchase.