Workers at the world's largest hog processing plant, Smithfield Packing Co. in Bladen County, have voted for a union to represent them at one of the state's largest industrial sites, totals released ...

KINSTON, N.C. (WITN) - A Smithfield Packing contractor was arrested after warrants say he pulled out a pocket knife at work and swung it at a coworker’s neck. Kinston police were called to a report of ...

Union says not all issues have been resolved. Plus, half of plant’s workforce isn’t showing up for work due to arrests of immigrant workers. Smithfield Packing does offer more than $1M in back wages ...

A North Carolina man was charged after a fight at Smithfield Packing in Fayetteville, which is the Kinston processing facility. The Kinston Police Department said they responded to the fight on ...

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — A Smithfield Foods subsidiary plans to close its Landover, Md., plant by early fall as it consolidates operations. The company said Friday that some of the plant's 175 workers ...

Smithfield Foods Inc., one of the largest private employers in eastern North Carolina, will be adding a new product line of packaged meats as part of its expansion of a Smithfield Packing Co. facility ...