Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Apr 18

Colorado #Slaughterhouse Workers Ratify New Contract
https://world-outlook.com/2026/04/18/colorado-meatpackers-ratify-new-contract/

from #WorldOutlook
April 17, 2026

On April 12, 2026, members of United Food and Commercial #Workers (#UFCW) Local 7 ratified a new agreement with the JBS Swift beef processing plant in Greeley, #Colorado. A #union press release announcing the vote — with 93% in favor — said the contract contained "all gains, countless improvements, and not a single concession."

"This ... is a testament to the incredible resolve of our members," said Local 7 president Kim Cordova. "These workers stood together on the picket line for three weeks, through extreme weather, because they knew their worth and refused to be disrespected."

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#immigrants #WorkersRights
@unions

Colorado Meatpackers Ratify New Contract

On April 12, 2026, members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 ratified a new agreement with the JBS Swift beef processing plant in Greeley, Colorado. A union press release announcing the vote — with 93% in favor — said the contract contained “all gains, countless improvements, and not a single concession.” “This … is a testament to the incredible resolve of our members,” said Local 7 president Kim Cordova. “These workers stood together on the picket line for three weeks, through extreme weather, because they knew their worth and refused to be disrespected.”

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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Apr 18

#Colorado #Meatpackers End #Strike, Will Return to Work
https://world-outlook.com/2026/04/06/colorado-meatpackers-end-strike-will-return-to-work/

from #WorldOutlook
April 6, 2026

“The company walked away,” Cordova told the crowd of more than 800 #workers from the day shift picket lines. “They believed that you would not walk out on strike.”

But of the 3,800 workers in the plant represented by the #union, 94% did walk on March 16, marking the first major packinghouse strike in 40 years.[1]

The workers’ action had an impact, according to the union. About 60% of the cattle earmarked for JBS went to competitors as the company tried to operate with the remaining hourly workforce and supervisors.

“The problem is the way we are being treated,” Hector Vargas told World-Outlook before the April 3 union meeting at the parking lot. “To keep up with work means taking a beating. And you cannot go to the bathroom. They make you wait a long time — if they let you go.”

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#immigrants #WorkersRights #UFCW

Colorado Meatpackers End Strike, Will Return to Work

GREELEY, COLORADO — On April 4, 2026, United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 announced it was ending a strike against the meatpacking giant JBS Swift here “after JBS agreed to return to the negotiating table,” according to the union’s press release. Local 7 said bargaining has been set for April 9-10, which was the basis for the decision to return to work on April 7. There has been no other motion toward resolution of the issues that sparked the strike. This article provides eyewitness coverage from the picket lines that World-Outlook reporters visited on April 3, the day before the walkout ended.

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General Strike NowApr 17

Her union has been going from workplace to workplace to talk with workers about the need for “a general strike pledge to protect workplaces and ...

CHICAGO—“May Day is our day. It belongs to all working people,” declared Fred Redmond, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, at a virtual town hall of labor leaders hosted by People’s World on Thursday, April 16.#labor #afl-cio #essentialworkers #internationalsolidarity #internationalworkersday #internationalism #laborhistory #labormovement #mayday #maydaystrong #peoplesworld #ufcw
Labor leaders tell People’s World town hall: ‘May Day is our day’

Labor leaders tell People’s World town hall: ‘May Day is our day’

CHICAGO—“May Day is our day. It belongs to all working people,” declared Fred Redmond, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, at a virtual town hall of labor leaders hosted by People’s World on Thursday, April 16.

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Fight Back! NewsMar 25

Colorado JBS meatpacking strike enters second week

Greeley, CO – JBS Greeley workers are starting the first weekend of their strike strong, with over 1000 picketing outside the meatpacking plant on March 20.

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 union members and JBS workers alike wrapped around the block outside the JBS factory on Friday. People crowded along the barrier on 8th Avenue and danced to music in Spanish and English, forming conga lines with supporters and strike marshals.

[...]

https://fightbacknews.org/articles/colorado-jbs-meatpacking-strike-enters-second-week

Show threadPeter RileyMar 24

@bluecollarwriter

https://labornotes.org/2026/03/57-languages-meatpackers-strike-first-time-40-years

https://www.ew4d.org/

#EW4D #Greeley Colorado
#LabourMovement #MeatPackers #Organize #Solidarity #Strikes #UFCW

In 57 Languages, Meatpackers Strike for the First Time in 40 Years

In less than a quarter-mile stretch of sidewalk, chatter in 57 languages overlaps with the sound of dancehall, bachata, Thai pop, Haitian kompa, and Micronesian hip-hop. At sunset, dozens gather for iftar, breaking their Ramadan fast; the music, pulsing from boomboxes and cell phones held up to megaphones, swells into one shared hum. In this sliver of land across from the sprawling JBS beef processing plant—among the largest in the country—workers from around the world have united in the largest U.S. meatpacking strike in 40 years.

Labor Notes
Fight Back! NewsMar 18

UFCW Local 7 strikes JBS, world’s largest meatpacking company

Greeley, CO – On March 16, 3800 members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 went on strike at the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colorado. The union members walked out of their shift at 5:30 a.m. to picket the plant.

[...]

https://fightbacknews.org/articles/ufcw-local-7-strikes-jbs-worlds-largest-meatpacking-company

Not a doctor. Or Jesus.Mar 1

Hey everyone, a friend of mine who works for #Kroger and is a #UFCW member recently was unfairly suspended from their job without pay. The link has the full story but if anyone can contribute to help our union sister out I'm sure they would greatly appreciate it.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with-our-sister-against-unjust-treatment

#MutualAid #union #kroger #support

Donate to Stand with Our Sister Against Unjust Treatment, organized by Hannah Long

On 1/14/26, our fellow sister had a routine new hire meeting, where they ke… Hannah Long needs your support for Stand with Our Sister Against Unjust Treatment

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Peter RileyMar 1

https://labornotes.org/2026/02/how-we-organized-union-whole-foods

Philly Whole Foods Union workers at Whole Foods Center City, Philadelphia. Worker-led, united together
@ufcwlocal1776
https://www.instagram.com/phillywholefoodsworkers/

#UFCW represents 835,000 #groceryworkers
https://www.ufcw.org/actions/campaign/whole-foods-union/

#Amazon #labourmovement #organize #solidarity #unions #wholefoods

How We Organized a Union at Whole Foods

There were six of us at the first meeting to form a union at Whole Foods in Philadelphia: too many to fit around the coffee shop table, a good sign, so we moved to a restaurant around the corner. We talked about disrespectful managers, low pay, and the loss of paid breaks and health care for part-timers. “I’ve seen many wonderful people come and go” in a decade at the store, said produce worker Ed Dupree.

Labor Notes
The Bog Witch 🇨🇦Jan 28
#UFCW has posted a letter that was sent to #Pattison Group pertaining to their proposed liquidation of US property to ICE. #bcpoli #cdnpoli ufcw1518.com/wp-content/u...
Peter RileyOct 5, 2025

River Valley Co-op Workers Organize

https://labornotes.org/blogs/2025/10/river-valley-co-op-workers-opened-bargaining-and-won-big

https://www.ufcw1459rvc.org/

#labourmovement #Massachusetts #organize #RiverValley #solidarity #unions #UFCW

River Valley Co-op Workers Opened up Bargaining—and Won Big

River Valley Co-op is a consumer-owned cooperative grocery store with two locations in Western Massachusetts. We have been unionized with Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1459 for the last decade with 175 workers in our bargaining unit. This year, beginning in January and ending in June, we held thirteen bargaining sessions with RVC management and their attorneys in a process that was transformative for our union. Negotiations were tense and at times, adversarial.

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