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JBS workers previously on strike agree to ratify agreement with company

Denver7 · · 770 words · By Tyler Melito
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“Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 (UFCW7) labor union ratified a two-year agreement with JBS Sunday, following a three-week strike at the company's Greeley plant.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm UFCW7 ratified a two-year agreement with JBS after a three-week strike at the Greeley plant.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Industry Leading Contract Secures Hard-Fought Victories for Nearly 3,800 Workers GREELEY, Colo. — United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 today announced that the workers atJBShaveratifiedthe t…
https://www.ufcw7.org/l7press/ufcw-local-7-represented-worke…
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web search NEUTRAL — GREELEY, Colo. — Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 (UFCW7) labor unionratifiedatwo-yearagreementwithJBSSunday, following athree-weekstrikeatthe company'sGreeleyplant.
https://www.denver7.com/news/front-range/greeley/jbs-workers…
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web search NEUTRAL — GREELEY, Colo. — One of the nation's largest beef processing plants and the union representing workers there haveratifiedatentativeagreementfollowing athree-weekstrike.
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/jbs-and-union-ratif…
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“The agreement was ratified by 93% of the union members who work at JBS.”
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Two web sources explicitly state the agreement was ratified by 93% of UFCW7 members at JBS.
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web search NEUTRAL — GREELEY, Colo. —MembersoftheUnited Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 (UFCW7) labor unionratifieda two-yearagreementwithJBSSunday, following a three-week strike at the company's Greeley plant. Theagr…
https://www.denver7.com/news/front-range/greeley/jbs-workers…
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web search NEUTRAL — Thetentativeagreementcomes after the Union secured JBS's return to the bargaining table at the end of a three-week Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike, during which Local 7membersdemonstrated extraordi…
https://www.ufcw7.org/l7press/ufcw-local-7-represented-worke…
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web search NEUTRAL — Thelocal union for thousands of beef processing plant workers in Colorado reached a new laboragreementwithJBS,theworld's largest meat company, a week after employees agreed to return to ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/jbs-reaches-labor-de…
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“Workers will receive a 70-cent increase in their hourly wage, starting now, with two additional wage increases scheduled for July of this year and July of next year.”
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“The deal also includes two bonuses, with one paid now and the other next April.”
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“This strike was historic. This is the first strike here in Colorado with JBS, and there has not been a strike in the packing industry for over 40 years.”
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“Throughout the negotiation process, the union and workers said they wanted proper equipment in addition to wage increases.”
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“They'll sometimes charge them as well. And they charge them like the full price, like if it was a brand new equipment.”
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“Cordova said JBS will now pay for personal protective equipment and reimburse workers for any PPE they previously bought.”
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“Workers returned to work on April 7 before the deal was agreed to.”
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“JBS stood firm that its last, best, and final offer would be the one presented to workers.”
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“Without any major changes to the company’s offer, and the final agreement remains entirely within the economic framework JBS USA presented months ago. Instead, UFCW Local 7 opted to reallocate pension contributions to wages.”
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“I saw JBS statement where they said local seven gave up an historic pension. We never had a pension plan here, not since 1993.”
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“As part of the agreement, Local 7 is also withdrawing seven alleged unfair labor practice (ULP) charges—further underscoring that this was a strike about the economics of the deal, not to stop ULPs as the union repeatedly claimed.”
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“The union is supporting SB26-160, proposed by Colorado Senator Robert Rodriguez, D-District 32. The bill, introduced on Friday, would prohibit employers from making deductions from wages or compensation for PPE.”
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