Strike

Workers at the Swift Beef Co. plant in Greeley have reached a deal with plant owner JBS USA. Both parties announced the agreement on Sunday, ending weeks of uncertainty at one of the largest meatpacking plants in the country.

Workers at one of the nation's largest meatpacking plants plan to return to work next week and halt a three-week strike in order to resume negotiations with the plant's owner. The strike by thousands of workers at the Swift Beef Co. plant in Greeley began on March 16.

The meatpacking giant in Greeley says some employees are not joining the picket line and coming to work instead, for “stability” and to “support their families." Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Tracy Ross and then read the entire article at the link below.

Workers 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 at a U.S. meatpacking plant in decades.

A strike began today at various King Soopers stores around the Front Range. The strike includes thousands of workers, but King Soopers plans to keep locations open.

Workers at Denver area King Soopers have voted to authorize a strike. The grocery chain says stores will remain open.

Ongoing voting will determine if thousands of grocery store employees will authorize a strike in Colorado.

If workers vote to approve a strike, the walkout will involve more stores and employees than the nine-day strike in 2022. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Tamara Chuang and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.

After a nationwide strike among unionized Kaiser Permanente workers in early October, the union and the health care company have announced a tentative agreement.

The King Soopers strike is emblematic of a broader labor movement sweeping the country, and parts of the Mountain West, as workers walk out for better pay and benefits or unionize to harness their collective power.