US Edition3,800 Workers Strike at Colorado Beef Plant
About 3,800 UFCW Local 7 workers strike over pay, safety, and unfair labor practices at one of the largest U.S. beef plants, with 99% strike authorization, union says.
- About 3,800 workers at the Swift Beef Company plant in Greeley began striking Monday morning, seeking higher wages and safer working conditions, said United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 President Kim Cordova.
- Contract negotiations stalled after union leaders claimed JBS USA refused to negotiate Saturday, citing intimidation and unsafe practices, while the company maintains its proposal is fair and consistent with national agreements.
- This walkout marks the first United States slaughterhouse strike since 1985, as workers protest production lines sped up to 420 animals per hour, according to Cordova, who noted 99% of employees authorized the action.
- To mitigate supply disruptions, JBS USA announced plans to operate two shifts at the Greeley facility, promising to pay any non-striking employees while temporarily moving production to other company facilities.
- The industry faces its first major labor dispute in decades, occurring amid a 75-year low in the U.S. cattle population of 86.2 million, which may exacerbate economic anxiety over beef prices.
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Striking JBS employees took to the streets of Greeley, Colorado, before sunrise on Monday to picket against the world's largest meat company, in a rare labor stoppage at a U.S. meatpacking plant and a sign of upheaval in the beef industry.
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Nearly 4,000 workers at a Colorado meatpacking plant went on strike on Monday, marking the first labor strike at a U.S. slaughterhouse in more than four decades. The strike began early Monday morning at the Swift Beef Co. plant, which is owned by JBS USA, a subsidiary of the largest meatpacking company and protein producer in the world. About 3,800 workers, represented by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7, are involved in the st…
Thousands of meatpacking workers walk off job in first strike in 40 years
United Food and Commercial Union Local 7, the union representing the 3,800 striking workers, said that JBS failed to meet its demands during contract negotiations over higher wages, life-saving safety equipment and improved healthcare.
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