JBS USA announced on Sunday that it has reached a new collective bargaining agreement with UFCW Local 7, allowing the Greeley beef production facility to return to normal operations. The plant had been on strike since 16 March, with approximately 3,800 workers affected. The plant has the capacity to process about 6,000 head per day, or about 7 percent of the total capacity. The strike hit as Tyson’s announced plans to shut down its Lexington, Nebraska plant, Swift closed its Riverside, California plant, and Cargill closed its Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant. The new agreement, which runs through April 2028, reflects the same economic framework JBS USA presented in its “last, best and final offer,” which remained unchanged econo...
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