Unions looking to organize poultry workers in the South are employing a progressive technique to help garner membership: incorporating social and community groups. As part of their new push, the insurgent unions say they will seek to build deep community support among local houses of worship, political leaders and immigrant groups. They also plan to lend organizers to one other's drives.
See "Union Organizers at Poultry Plants in South Find Newly Sympathetic Ears", Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times, September 5, 2005