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JBS Workers Confirm Strike at Northern Colorado Meat Processing Plant over Alleged Unfair Labor Practices
UFCW Local 7 represents 3,800 workers planning to strike over stalled talks and unfair labor practice allegations at JBS's Greeley plant, union says nearly all voted for strike.
- UFCW Local 7 announced Monday that nearly 3,800 meatpackers at the JBS Greeley plant will strike on March 16 at 5:30 a.m. after issuing formal notice earlier that day.
- After eight months of talks, negotiators stalled over pay and protective-gear reimbursement, ending the extension and producing an impasse at JBS USA tied to a national agreement.
- Union leaders cited alleged intimidation, retaliation and threatened benefit withholding as UFCW Local 7 said 99% of plant workers authorized the strike over 'poverty-level' wages and workers reported frequent injuries and poor on-site clinic care.
- Nikki Richardson said JBS USA stands by its offer and will minimize market impacts by ensuring work for crossing employees and shifting production to other JBS facilities with excess processing capacity.
- It would mark one of the first major meatpacking strikes in decades, recalling the 1985 Hormel Foods Corp. walkout, and analysts warn it could disrupt the cattle complex and cash markets; the Denver-based AJL Foundation will join with 2,247 shares valued around $35,000.
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