Protesters ask Utah governor to close meatpacking plants

Dr. Niki Davis, a family medicine physician in Salt Lake City, talked about meatpacking plants as though she were a labor activist Thursday.“They’re scared to go to work,” Davis said of meatpacking employees. “They’re forced to go to work in close quarters in unsanitary conditions.”Davis was one of 11 people holding signs outside the Utah Capitol to lobby Gov. Gary Herbert to close meatpacking plants in the state. The protest was organized by members of the Wa