March 16 (UPI) -- Workers at a JBS plant in Greeley, Colo., went on strike Monday morning, demanding higher wages and safer working conditions.
The United Food & Commercial Workers International Union Local 7 union represents 3,800 workers at the plant and accuses JBS of demanding more out of staff, reducing hours and creating unsafe working conditions.
"The goal of negotiations is never to go on strike, but when the company violates workers' rights and ignores workers' concerns about safety and health, the company gives workers no choice but to stand together in solidarity and show the company that they cannot be silenced," UFCW Local 7 President Kim Cordova said in a statement.
Cordova said the plant has sped up the production line. The number of animals to process went from 390 per hour to 420.
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