On March 16, 2026, for the first time since the 1985 strike against Hormel in Austin, Minnesota, workers walked out at a U.S. meat-packing plant, this time in Greeley, Colorado, just north of Denver. After local negotiations with JBS broke down on March 6 this year, United Food & Commercial Workers Local 7 president Kim Cordova said, “The goal of negotiations is never to go on strike, but when the company violates workers’ rights and ignores workers’ concerns about safety and health, the company gives workers no choice but to stand together in solidarity and show the company that they cannot be silenced.”