Thousands of meatpacking workers walked off the job at a JBS-owned plant in Colorado on Monday in the industry’s first strike in 40 years.
JBS USA is the largest of the four major beef processing plants in the United States, which account for 85% of all US production. JBS employs a primarily immigrant workforce of 25,000 people across nine facilities nationwide.
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.
“For months now, JBS has been insisting