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Beacool

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7. What it says is that they are worried about the bottom line.

Reply to LiberalAndProud (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 27, 2013, 12:05 PM

Jun 2013

I doubt that any of these corporations gives a crap about civil rights, women's rights and good working conditions for their employees, particularly Smithfield.

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Exactly. LiberalAndProud Jun 2013 #10

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