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Union authorizes strike at Denver Processing, JBS subsidiary

Denver7 · · 190 words · By Judith Kohler; The Denver Post
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4 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Members of the union representing workers at Denver Processing have voted to authorize an unfair labor practice strike against the company, a wholly owned subsidiary of JBS USA.”
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Multiple web search results report that workers at Denver Processing voted to authorize an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike. Furthermore, the evidence confirms that Denver Processing is associated with Kroger-owned banners like King Soopers and City Market, and that JBS USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of JBS S.A. This combination of union action, the nature of the company, and the parent/subsidiary relationship is reported across multiple sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — JBS N.V. is a Brazilian multinational company that is the largest meat processing enterprise in the world, producing factory processed beef, chicken, salmon, sheep, pork, and also selling by-products …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JBS_N.V.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On May 30, 2021, JBS S.A., a Brazil-based meat processing company, suffered a cyberattack, disabling its beef and pork slaughterhouses. The attack impacted facilities in the United States, Canada, and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JBS_S.A._ransomware_attack
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — JBS USA Holdings, Inc. is a meat processing company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Brazilian multinational JBS S.A. The subsidiary was created when JBS entered the U.S. market in 2007 with its p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JBS_USA
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“The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 said 97% of the union members voted Friday to authorize a strike in response to what union officials said is the company’s “ongoing illegal conduct at and away from the bargaining table.””
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The claim specifies that 'The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 said 97% of the union members voted on Friday...'. While the evidence confirms the UFCW is a relevant union and that strikes have occurred, the specific details—Local 7, the 97% vote count, and the timing ('Friday')—are not independently corroborated by multiple sources. The evidence provided for this claim is insufficient to meet the 'corroborated' threshold.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — UFCW Local 1776 represents workers in the state of Pennsylvania for the United Food and Commercial Workers. The larger majority of their members work in grocery stores. The number 1776 refers to the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFCW_Local_1776
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is a labor union representing approximately 1.2 million workers in the United States and Canada in industries including retail; meatpa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Food_and_Commercial_Wor…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Workers United is an American and Canadian labor union which represents about 86,000 workers in the apparel, textile, commercial laundry, distribution, food service, hospitality, fitness and non-profi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers_United
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“Workers at the plant in Denver process meat products for Kroger stores throughout the Southwest, including King Soopers and City Market stores in Colorado, Fry’s Food and Drug Stores in Arizona, and Ralphs Grocery Company in California.”
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Two separate web search results explicitly state that workers at the Denver plant process meat products for Kroger stores throughout the Southwest, naming King Soopers/City Market in Colorado, Fry's in Arizona, and Ralphs in California. This consistency across multiple search results confirms the scope of the processing.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — King Soopers is an American supermarket chain located in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. It started as its own brand, and is now a subsidiary of Kroger. It is headquartered in Denver, Colora…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Soopers
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kroger Co. is an American retail corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. It operates (either directly or through its subsidiaries) supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the Un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kroger
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable companies based, or having major operations, in the Denver metropolitan area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_with_Denver_…
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“Members of UFCW Local 7 reached a tentative contract agreement with JBS at its flagship beef processing plant in Greeley in mid-April following a three-week strike over pay and working conditions.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that UFCW Local 7 reached a tentative agreement with JBS at the Greeley beef facility. Furthermore, these sources specify that the agreement followed a strike lasting approximately three weeks, and the dispute concerned pay and working conditions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2006 Swift raids were a coordinated effort by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain and deport undocumented workers at Swift & Company meatpacking plants. On Tuesday, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_raids
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The meat industry has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Outbreaks of the virus took place in factories operated by the meat packing industry and the poultry process…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemi…
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web search NEUTRAL — The two-year tentative agreement comes after the union secured the company’s return to the bargaining table at the end of a three-week unfair labor practice (ULP) strike that held the plant idle, acco…
https://www.beefmagazine.com/market-news/jbs-reaches-agreeme…
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