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Organized labor doesn't seem to use those terms. There's a bill to provide some relief for poultry processors, but despite bipartisan support the bill hasn't g
by Animats 1y ago
Organized labor doesn't seem to use those terms.
There's a bill to provide some relief for poultry processors, but despite bipartisan support the bill hasn't gone anywhere.[1]
The dairy industry in the Northeast has managed to get into a strange situation. The dairy operators are suing their own cooperative for creating a monopsony and holding down raw milk prices. Milk is a shrinking market, but dairy farmers have a lot of political clout, which leads to some very strange situations.
[1] https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1509 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/150...
[2] mhttps://vtdigger.org/2022/08/02/lawsuit-accuses-dairy-farmers-of-america-of-creating-monopsony-in-the-northeast/ https://vtdigger.org/2022/08/02/lawsuit-accuses-dairy-farmer...