Workers plan strike at massive JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley

By: Lindsey Toomer

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: March 12, 2026

Words: 438

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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Workers at the JBS-owned meatpacking plant in Greeley plan to begin a labor strike Monday.

Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, the union representing 3,800 workers at the plant, voted last month to authorize a so-called unfair labor practices strike. The union has been in talks with JBS on a new collective bargaining contract since a previous four-year agreement expired in July.

“The goal of negotiations is never …

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