Overview
- An announcement Saturday set a 5 a.m. Tuesday return to the Greeley beef plant, with face-to-face negotiations scheduled for April 9–10.
- Both sides said there is no new agreement, and JBS kept its “last, best and final” proposal on the table, which it says raises pay and adds a pension and other benefits.
- UFCW Local 7 says workers want higher wages and better health care, calling raises near 2% too low for Colorado inflation and citing unfair labor practice claims.
- The three-week stoppage reduced beef output at a facility that handles about 6% of U.S. slaughter capacity during a year of scarce cattle and record beef prices.
- This was the first strike at a U.S. slaughterhouse since the 1985 Hormel walkout, giving the dispute unusual national attention.