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Story summary
- On March 16, about 3,800 workers at the Swift Beef Co. plant in Greeley, Colorado, began a strike.
- It is the first walkout at a U.S. beef slaughterhouse in four decades, amid stalled contract negotiations.
- The workers demand wage increases and safer conditions, while JBS USA says it complies with labor laws and has offered a fair contract, and it will operate two shifts and relocate production as needed.
