Workers to Return as Union Ends Strike at Major US Beef Plant

The Greeley, Colorado, plant employs more than 3,800 people.

Workers from the JBS beef plant protest across the road from the plant in Greeley, Colo., on March 16, 2026. Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP

Workers at one of the largest meatpacking plants in the country decided to end a three-week strike and return to work on April 7, according to union leaders.

The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 has been on strike at the Swift Beef Company plant in Greeley, Colorado, major JBS USA facility, since March 16. UFCW Local 7 President Kim Cordova announced the end of the work stoppage in an April 4 letter to parent company JBS Foods.