GREELEY, Colo. — Workers at a major meatpacking plant in Greeley have extended their strike into a fourth week, continuing a labor dispute involving roughly 3,800 employees seeking higher pay and safer working conditions.
The workers, represented by UFCW Local 7, walked off the job nearly three weeks ago at one of the largest beef plants in the country operated by JBS. Union officials said they initially hoped the strike would last two weeks or less, but no agreement has been reached.
Workers say rising costs have made their current wages unsustainable. “Right now, everything is expensive,” said Bienvenue Hovozounkou, a seven-year employee at the plant…