Appendix G: Nebraska's Meatpacking Workers Bill of Rights
Nebraska's government authorities have made certain efforts to
improve conditions for meatpacking workers in the state. One
innovative step was the Nebraska Meatpacking Industry Workers
Bill of Rights issued in June 2000 by Governor Michael Johanns
of a The governor responded favorably to advocacy by worker and
community labor rights supporters for a more forceful state
government stance on the crisis of workers' rights in the
meatpacking industry. "I literally sat down with a legal pad and
wrote it out myself," the governor proclaimed, "and then I
posted it in meatpacking plants all across the state. Do you
know why? Because it's the fair thing to do." Nebraska's
meatpacking workers bill of rights asserts: 1) the right to
organize, 2) the right to a safe workplace, 3) the right to
adequate facilities and the opportunity to utilize them, 4) the
right to adequate equipment, 5) the right to complete
information, 6) the right to understand information pro