UFCW Local 7, the union that represents workers inside the JBS plant in Greeley, has accused the company of facilitating an unsafe recruiting environment. The union, and some of its members, have accused the company of recruiting legal immigrants to their Greeley plant just to place them in unsafe housing situations.
Two Haitian immigrant employees told CBS News Colorado they were brought to Colorado based off a recruiting video posted on TikTok. They said they reached out to the recruiter who promised stability when they arrived in the United States.
Both employees requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation from JBS.
“When I got here I didn’t like the way they received us. The conditions were really bad,” one man said. “What they told me on the phone was when I got here I was going to have somewhere to sleep and somewhere to stay, and someone to support me economically before I start working.”