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Swift plant workers rally to save 1300 jobs in Butchertown by Chase Cain(WHAS 11) Posted on November 16, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Monday morning, the Metro Board of Zoning will take up the battle of Butchertown. It's between residents and the Swift meat-packing plant. The result could be a death sentence for the plant or at least in its current location.
Swift workers rallied late Sunday by the hundreds. They hope the Board of Zoning will overlook violations by their employer and let them keep their jobs. Zoning has several options. Many include keeping the Swift plant open, right where it is, but there is the worst case scenario for Swift. That's what spurred Sunday's march through Butchertown.
More than 200 strong with handwritten signs and heart-felt concern, the workers from Butchertown's Swift meat-packing plant made themselves known.
Suzie Karneh walked to this rally to join her co-workers and save her job at Swift.
“If it shut down- I bought my house so I can walk to work. I don't have a car. The little money I make here- I send my children to school. My youngest is in college. How am I going to pay my bills?" she asked.
Suzie and 1300 others could be out of work if Louisville's Board of Zoning decides to revoke the plant's license to operate because Swift broke local rules. Read more...
Article in the Wall Street Journal
Neighborhood Group Wants Slaughterhouse Moved Out of Louisville's Butchertown. In Butchertown, one of Louisville's trendiest neighborhoods, the butchers are no longer welcome...
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