Workers' strike at one of the largest US meatpacking plants will continue for a 3rd week : colorado@lemmy.world

Workers' strike at one of the largest US meatpacking plants will continue for a 3rd week (apnews.com)

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Thousands of striking workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants will extend their walkout to a third week as they push for higher wages and better health care.

Industry experts said it’s too early to know if the strike that began March 16 at the Swift Beef Co. plant in Greeley, Colorado, will impact retail beef prices that already had soared to record levels.

“The workers know the value of their labor,” union President Kim Cordova said Friday. “This could be a long, drawn out fight.”

Owner JBS USA said Friday that it’s operating the plant at limited capacity and has shifted beef production elsewhere to meet customers needs.

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[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

Anecdotally, that place is a shitshow. I've worked with people who have worked there, worked with people who have relatives that worked there, etc. This is the place in Colorado that had the 13-14 year olds cleaning equipment overnight between shifts. Thing is, up in Greeley, CO there's not much to do besides slaughter cattle.

I wish them well. Fuck JBS.

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[–] decapitae@sh.itjust.works 35 points 7 months ago

Good for them. The us oligarchs have had it cushy for way too long

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

Glad to see for the workers.

[–] null@lemmy.org 11 points 7 months ago (1 child)

They probably have a lot of leverage on account of not having a listeria outbreak which seems to be all the rage with meat packing facilities these days.

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[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago

That and the fact that the plant is watching all of their product spoil on the shelves. Fresh meat isn’t exactly shelf-stable, and we’re quickly approaching “every single piece of meat in the plant needs to be thrown out. All of the machinery needs to be disassembled and thoroughly cleaned to disinfect it before any work can resume” levels.

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