Jbs Workers At Us Meat Plant Vote To Strike

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Unionised labor astatine a JBS meatpacking works successful nan US person voted for onslaught action.

The unit astatine nan tract successful Greeley, Colorado backed nan move “overwhelmingly”, according to a connection issued connected Wednesday (4 February) by nan UFCW union.

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UFCW, which said 99% of members voted to strike, added immoderate determination connected erstwhile a walkout could statesman would beryllium made “at a later date”.

Brazil-headquartered JBS has its US firm office successful Greeley, wherever it operates what nan national described arsenic their “flagship location and largest feed-beef plant” successful nan US.

UFCW, which says it represents astir 3,800 workers astatine nan site, added it has been successful talks pinch JBS for much than 8 months complete a caller contract.

Kim Cordova, president of UFCW Local 7 which represents food-processing workers successful nan state, said nan national had revenge respective unfair labour believe charges during negotiations.

“These scope from regressive bargaining, to threats to withhold a projected prize and lump sum pension costs if workers workout their antiauthoritarian correct to strike, to forbidden intimidation and retaliation against workers and bargaining committee members,” Cordova said.

In response, JBS said it had been negotiating successful “good faith” and had put guardant an connection aligned pinch a nationalist arrangement.

The institution said its statement includes “meaningful costs increases and a pension plan, providing some near-term and semipermanent financial information for squad members, successful summation to different beardown benefits”.

It added: “Workers astatine our different locations person already agreed to these position and are benefiting from these improvements today.”

The national connection quoted Leticia Avalos, a JBS worker, who accused nan institution of creating “dangerous moving conditions each while reducing hours for workers”.

“JBS has near america nary replacement but to authorise a strike. Enough is enough,” Avalos added, according to nan statement.

JBS said it remained focused connected reaching an statement it considers “fair”, while “supporting nan semipermanent stableness of our operations and nan Greeley community”.