Workers at the JBS Meatpacking plant in Greeley are gearing up for a major strike, with nearly all of the 3,800 unionized employees having registered for the strike fund following another round of failed negotiations on Feb. 20.
UFCW7, the union representing the plant workers, hopes to schedule another bargaining session this week, but if an agreement can’t be reached, workers could soon begin the country’s first meatpacking strike since the 1980’s.
“If there’s no progress or they don’t resolve the unfair labor practice complaints that we have, then we will pull the extension,” said Kim Cordova, president of UFCW7, referring to the contract extension which has been in place since the previous agreement expired in July. “If the company doesn’t move, then we’re gonna have to move them.”…