Union targets Smithfield with D.C. ad campaign

...In Maryland's Prince George's County, a largely black suburb of Washington, leaders passed a resolution last fall affirming the county's support for workers in Tar Heel. Smithfield has a plant in Prince George's County that is unionized. Pastors say they're hoping to persuade the D.C. council to pass a resolution, too. And a local congressional candidate, Democrat Donna Edwards, whose family hails from Yanceyville, mentions the Tar Heel workers on her campaign Web site.