Denver, July 14 (RHC)-- In Greeley, Colorado, workers at a JBS meat processing plant held a wildcat strike over the weekend, demanding better pay and safety improvements amid the pandemic.
The work stoppage came after hundreds of plant employees tested positive for COVID-19, with six dying of the disease. In April, President Trump ordered meatpacking plants to stay open despite health risks to workers.
In other news, a large COVID-19 outbreak has hit a factory run by Los Angeles Apparel where workers make facial masks and other cotton products. Four workers have died, and more than 300 have tested positive. Most of the workforce are Latinx. The factory is owned by Dov Charney, the disgraced founder of American Apparel.
