Approximately 200 United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 members who work at JBS-owned Denver Processing meat plant voted Dec. 10 to strike in protest of “the company’s continued unfair labor practices.” Negotiations between UFCW and the company began on Sept. 10, but the parties have failed to come to an agreement. The plant processes both beef and pork.
Kim Cordova, vice president of UFCW International and president of UFCW Local 7 in Colorado and Wyoming, which represents 27,000 workers, said in statement that instead of negotiating with the plant workers, Denver…
