Commodities
Strike at Major JBS Plant Is Latest Risk to US Beef Supply
Workers and supporters picket during a strike at the JBS Greeley meatpacking facility in Greeley, Colorado on March 16.
Photographer: Chet Strange/BloombergA strike in one of the country’s biggest beef packing plants poses the latest risk to the nation’s meat supply at a time when US consumers are already struggling with record beef prices.
Roughly 3,800 workers at a JBS NV plant in Greeley, Colorado began a two-week strike over unfair labor practices on Monday morning, according to a statement from United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7. The union is seeking higher wages, saying JBS’s contract offer is far below the level of inflation in Colorado.