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Colorado #Slaughterhouse Workers Ratify New Contract
https://world-outlook.com/2026/04/18/colorado-meatpackers-ratify-new-contract/

from #WorldOutlook
April 17, 2026

On April 12, 2026, members of United Food and Commercial #Workers (#UFCW) Local 7 ratified a new agreement with the JBS Swift beef processing plant in Greeley, #Colorado. A #union press release announcing the vote — with 93% in favor — said the contract contained "all gains, countless improvements, and not a single concession."

"This ... is a testament to the incredible resolve of our members," said Local 7 president Kim Cordova. "These workers stood together on the picket line for three weeks, through extreme weather, because they knew their worth and refused to be disrespected."

#news #politics #USpol #labor #LaborMovement
#immigrants #WorkersRights
@unions

Rosina Tucker helped #railroadworkers organize the first Black-led labor union in America,

Maria Moreno fought for #farmworkers in the fields of California,

Ah Quon McElrath who united the #laborers of the vast sugarcane plantations,

Ben Fletcher, a #dockworker who organized a strong, interracial union that ran the ports of #Philadelphia,

Judy Heumann, #educationworker who became the mother of the #DisabilityRights Movement.

#LaborMovement #organize #solidarity #workingclasshistory

"UPS was sending us to die for their profits without batting an eye. I also had family members that caught covid and passed away. In spring of 2021 suffering from burnout and depression I suffered from heat exhaustion that put me on disability for two months. That was my experience during the pandemic. One good thing to come out of it was our solidarity and new found militancy to fight the bosses after that incredibly abusive time period."

VIA @blackrose_rosanegra

#UPS #UPSStrike #Teamster #Teamsters #TeamsterStrike #Labor #Union LaborUnion #LaborMovement

https://itsgoingdown.org/interview-with-ups-teamster-on-the-possibility-of-huge-2023-strike/