by Amy Goodman | Apr 1, 2026 | child labor, Colorado, Discrimination, Immigrants, Interview, JBS, labor, Meat Plants, Meatpacking, meatpacking plants, PPE, strike, Unions, Wages, Worker Safety
More than 3,000 meatpacking workers in Greeley, Colorado, have been on strike since mid-March, the first major labor strike in the U.S. meatpacking industry since 1985. Workers at JBS USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Brazilian-based multinational JBS, are protesting unfair and dangerous labor conditions, including low wages, lack of personal protective gear and discrimination against its majority…
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by Marcus Baram | Jan 14, 2026 | Donald Trump, Food Safety, ICE Raids, JBS, labor, Meatpacking, meatpacking plants, News, Trump Administration, USDA, Worker Safety, Workplace Safety
The largest single donor to Donald Trump’s inauguration was Pilgrim’s Pride, a poultry processor that contributed $5 million to the Jan. 20 festivities, more than the combined donations of Meta, Amazon and Apple. And in the first quarter of 2025, its parent company spent more than $500,000 lobbying the administration, doubling its expenditures compared to the same period last year. Since then…
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