Solidarity with Meatpacking Workers in Colorado!
On Monday, March 16, meatpacking workers in Greeley, Colorado, began a two-week strike against Swift Beef Co. and Pilgrim’s Pride, the U.S.-based subsidiaries of JBS, the giant Brazilian meatpacking corporation. This is the first major strike in the U.S. meatpacking industry in four decades, since the hard-fought but failed Hormel strike in Austin, Minnesota in […]
Politicians Blame Workers for Spreading COVID-19
Blame is the name of the game, and with the coronavirus spreading rapidly through meat processing facilities, politicians are playing hard at blaming workers.
Meatpacking Plants are COVID-19 Hotspots
In late April, President Trump ordered that meatpacking plants reopen after they were shut down because of COVID-19. He is more concerned about the companies’ profits than workers’ lives.
Slaughterhouse Conditions – Lethal for Animals… and Workers
There has been a wave of COVID-19 infections in the meatpacking industry throughout the country.