Workers and supporters picket during a strike at the JBS Greeley meatpacking facility in Greeley, Colorado, on March 16. Workers at the Colorado beef processing plant are striking over alleged unfair labor practices after failing to reach a new contract with the country's largest meatpacker. - Chet Strange/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesThousands of meatpacking workers walked off the job at a JBS-owned plant in Colorado on Monday in the industry’s first strike in 40 years. The strike at JBS’s Greeley, Colorado, plant is intended to last two weeks but could be extended, the union said. Meatpacking workers at the Colorado plant accused JBS of retaliating against the organizing workers.

Source: CNN March 16, 2026 17:49 UTC