Immigrants Keep an Iowa Meatpacking Town Alive and Growing

When Dan Smith first went to work at the pork processing plant in Storm Lake in 1980, the pay, he recalled, was $16 an hour, with benefits — enough to own a home, a couple of cars, a camper and a boat, while your wife stayed home with the children.

"Immigrants Keep an Iowa Meatpacking Town Alive and Growing" is from the May 29, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Patricia Cohen and narrated by Kristi Burns.