By Doug Cunningham

Hundreds of workers joined by celebrities and a variety of social change organizations are bringing petitions to Smithfield Foods' shareholders meeting today. They're asking to meet with the company to work out a fair process to let workers choose whether or not they want a union. Terry Slaughter is a worker at Smithfield's Tar Heel, North Carolina hog processing plant.

[Slaughter]: "We just want to be heard. We really want to actually talk to these people. We want to get into a conversation where we can actually tell them what we feel, how it goes on. Because they're not even tryin' to hear us. They really don't care about the workers who are making the money for them. These people out there are killin' themselves for Smithfield and they're getting nothing in return."

Smithfield has a history of breaking labor law in previous union elections.