Tag: United Food and Commercial Workers

Colorado Meatpackers End Strike, Will Return to Work

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GREELEY, COLORADO — On April 4, 2026, United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 announced it was ending a strike against the meatpacking giant JBS Swift here “after JBS agreed to return to the negotiating table,” according to the union’s press release. Local 7 said bargaining has been set for April 9-10, which was the basis for the decision to return to work on April 7. There has been no other motion toward resolution of the issues that sparked the strike. This article provides eyewitness coverage from the picket lines that World-Outlook reporters visited on April 3, the day before the walkout ended.

Colorado Meatpackers Strike over Wages, Safety

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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.”