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Definition of meatpacker in English: meatpackernounˈmiːtpakə A person or business involved in preparing and packing meat for transportation and sale. he hired a local meatpacker to develop his thin, dried beef stick Example sentencesExamples - This has led to inflated beef prices, restaurants losing revenue and unemployment for about eight thousand American meatpackers.
- The decision came in a case brought by Smithfield Foods, the nation's - and the world's - largest pork meatpacker.
- In 1970, the top four meatpackers controlled just 21 percent of the beef market.
- Twenty years ago meatpackers in the U.S. earned $18 per hour.
- Working with a meatpacker in a neighboring community, the co-op has begun a brisk retail trade in beef halves, quarters and wrapped cuts.
- Ranchers must work more closely with meatpackers and distributors to make the operation more efficient.
- In 1946, almost two million workers, including 300,000 meatpackers and 750,000 steelworkers, walked picket lines.
- Meatpackers contend they have lost billions of dollars because of the lack of cattle to keep plants running efficiently.
- The injury rate among meatpackers is the highest of any US occupation.
- While the meatpackers have grown more powerful, the unions have grown much weaker.
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