StrikeRadarOPERATIONS-CRITICAL STRIKE INTELLIGENCEUFCW Local 7 walkout at Swift Beef Co. marks first U.S. beef slaughterhouse strike in four decades
About 3,800 unionized workers at JBS’s Swift Beef Co. plant in Greeley, Colorado, began a strike Monday over pay, safety, and alleged unfair labor practices. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 says 99% authorized the walkout after a contract expired Sunday, alleging offers of less than 2% annual wage increases, charges to some workers of $1,100 or more for protective equipment, and threats to withhold bonuses and a pension payment. JBS denies labor law violations and says its proposal is fair, adding that its current offer has delivered meaningful wage increases, a secure pension, and long‑term financial stability to other unionized workers. The company halted operations at the plant last week to prepare and is adjusting cattle deliveries this week to try to avoid disruptions at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking facilities, in what several reports call the first U.S. beef slaughterhouse walkout in four decades.
In U.S. healthcare, more than 23,000 Kaiser nurses plan a one‑day Northern California strike Wednesday in support of mental health workers protesting AI use. Separately, a roughly two‑month strike by about 170 technical and technologist employees at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital in Washington ended Sunday, with Teamsters Local 760 and hospital officials set to resume bargaining Tuesday with a federal mediator. In entertainment, members of the Writers Guild Staff Union continue a nearly month‑long work stoppage and picketed outside SAG‑AFTRA’s Los Angeles headquarters as the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers began contract talks under a media blackout. The actions reflect ongoing contract disputes across multiple U.S. sectors in mid‑March 2026.
The beef‑plant walkout occurs alongside planned and recently concluded healthcare strikes, reflecting concurrent labor actions across U.S. sectors in mid‑March 2026.
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OngoingAfter union negotiations fell apart with the meatpacking giant JBS last week, workers went on strike Monday. They're fighting for better pay and ...
More than 23000 Kaiser nurses plan a one-day Northern California strike Wednesday in support of mental health workers protesting AI use.
SettledMultiCare workers picket in front of the hospital while on strike Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Yakima, Wash. Evan Abell / Yakima Herald-Republic.
OngoingEmployees protest unfair practices and wages. ... Several beef patties on a conveyor in a meat processing plant. JBS Foods workers are. Striking workers ...
OngoingThousands of workers for the world's largest meatpacking company have gone on strike. The dispute could make already costly beef even more expensive ...
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OngoingThousands of workers from the Swift Beef Co. are going on strike after alleging the company committed unfair labor practices.
OngoingScabby the Rat & striking Writers Guild Staff Union members protested outside SAG-AFTRA HQ today as the WGA & the studios had 1st day of contract ...
OngoingThousands of JBS meatpacking workers in Colorado began a strike over contract disputes. The union demands higher wages, safety equipment and better ...
OngoingThe walkout at the Swift Beef Co. plant in Greeley began Monday after the union said 99% of the workers voted to authorize the strike, ...
OngoingAbout 3800 workers for the world's largest meatpacking company began striking Monday in Colorado, and if they don't get a new contract soon, ...
OngoingGREELEY, Colo. (AP) — About 3,800 workers at one of the nation's largest meatpacking plants began striking Monday in Colorado in what union ...
OngoingThe strike could last weeks, according to UFCW Local 7, which is the union representing the workers. Author: Amanda Gilbert. Published: 4:43 PM MDT ...
After months of negotiations, workers took to the picket line early Monday morning outside the JBS meatpacking plant.
Ongoing(AP) — About 3,800 workers for the world's largest meatpacking company began striking Monday in Colorado, and if they don't get a new contract soon, ...
OngoingWorkers at JBS USA's meatpacking plant took to the picket line Monday, with union employees braving temperatures in the teens in the first such strike ...
OngoingAbout 3800 workers at one of the nation's largest meatpacking plants began striking Monday in Colorado in what union representatives said was the ...
About 3800 workers at one of the nation's largest meatpacking plants were set to strike Monday morning in Colorado.
OngoingLast week, the two unions representing staff and faculty at Portland Community College declared a strike, the first for any community college in ...
Thousands of workers at the JBS beef plant in Greeley, one of the largest fed beef plants in the United States, went on strike Monday morning.
Ongoing— About 3,800 workers at one of the nation's largest meatpacking plants began striking Monday in Colorado in what union representatives said was the ...
Ongoing(AP) — About 3,800 workers at one of the nation's largest meatpacking plants went on strike Monday in Colorado in what union representatives said is ...
PlannedCentral Oregon Community College classified staff union has begun a vote on whether or not to strike. The result of the 120-member vote is ...
OngoingAbout 3,800 workers at a major Colorado meatpacking plant went on strike Monday, marking the first walkout at a U.S. beef slaughterhouse in 40 years.