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Thousands of US Meatpackers Strike at Major Plant Over Wages

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Workers from the largest beef processing plant in Colorado, operated by JBS USA—the nation's fourth-largest meat processor—walked off for a historic first strike since 1984. The massive walkout involves thousands of employees demanding better pay rates due to recent wage cuts as well as improved safety conditions within their workplace.

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    The workers at a major US meat processing plant owned by Brazilian firm JBS have gone on strike.
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    This is the first industrial walkout in 40 years within this specific sector of American agriculture and food production.
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    Athousands of employees are participating, marking one of the largest labor actions involving such facilities recently.
Mar 17 Thousands of meat packing workers at a JBS plant in Colorado abandoned work for what is described as their first strike since industry-wide action was last seen over four decades ago.
Mar 16, Mar 17 Workers at a JBS unit in the United States entered into an industrial dispute due to low wages and unsafe working conditions.

The strike is the first industrial action seen since industry-wide walkouts were last observed over four decades ago.