They'd put in 50 hours at the poultry plant and then on weekends drive down to the Carolinas to pick up loads of meth.
And the poultry plant, Diamond Country Foods, is threatening to close.
Most of the poultry plants are nonunion operations in small towns.
Deboning chickens involves much more tedious, repetitive work than was common in poultry plants just a few years ago.
Here, as in many small towns, the poultry plants offer the best-paying job in town.
But organizing drives have also fallen flat at many poultry plants and nursing homes across the South.
The Agriculture Department has 7,600 inspectors for 6,500 meat and poultry plants.
Couldn't handle being around the poultry plant... Something moist brushed and pulled at his lips.
The poultry plant in Starley City had cut back the night shift.
I have discussed the question of stocking the proposed poultry plant with my colleagues.