Union workers at the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley plan to spend Saturday preparing for what could become the nation’s first meatpacker strike in decades.
Some will train to be picket captains, while others make picket signs. As for the actual walkout of nearly 3,800 JBS workers in Greeley? A decision could be made by Feb. 20, the one day JBS is willing to negotiate, union officials said.
JBS production employees have been on an extended contract since late July, after the previous agreement expired. The union can end the extension with seven days’ notice, said Kim Cordova, president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, which represents workers at the Weld County plant, one of the largest beef processors in the U.S…