Overview
- UFCW Local 7 says the agreement covers about 3,800 workers and will be put to a ratification vote.
- Union president Kim Cordova says details will be shared with members first in a no-media forum because workers fear retaliation.
- The walkout stretched for three weeks before employees returned to the plant and both sides resumed talks in what reporters called the first major U.S. meatpacking strike in more than 40 years.
- JBS has not commented on the tentative deal, and a spokesperson earlier said the company’s last and best final offer was still on the table.
- The Greeley plant is one of the nation’s largest, with CSU experts estimating it handles up to 8% of U.S. beef capacity, and JBS shifted work to other facilities during the stoppage to limit supply hits.