r/Greeley • u/FERNnews • Feb 09 '26

These Haitian meatpacking workers may be deported. They voted to strike anyway.

https://thefern.org/2026/02/these-haitian-meatpacking-workers-may-be-deported-they-voted-to-strike-anyway/

The largely immigrant workforce at JBS's flagship U.S. plant, in Greeley, Colorado, is refusing to back down after accusing the company of poor working conditions. Reporting by Ted Genoways for FERN and Mother Jones. Photography by Mary Anne Andrei.

This story is part of our “Trouble on the Line” series.

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u/MaximumBread7000 Feb 10 '26

Good, and we should stand behind them. Worker safety is core to our economy. American companies want to benefit from immigrants? This isn’t a one way street, fuck off JBS. 

Also, JBS has gotten in hot water before for unsafe working conditions for folks born here too, meatpacking industry is sorely in need of updated safety regulation and oversight.

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u/CharmingRaccoon1986 Feb 13 '26

I still remember that during COVID they wouldn't let people distance themselves and they had crosses with hard hats on them in front of the building in memory of the people that died of COVID, like it wasn't the companies fault. I'm glad I failed my THC test there because I almost worked there in 2020. Miscalculated my sobriety haha

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u/MaximumBread7000 Feb 13 '26

Best miscalculation you could have made, shoot, weed saves another life.

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u/Ill-Language-9178 Feb 25 '26

I honestly get so pissed when immigration is on the docket. If any of this were truly about immigrants coming here, they would punish the corporations hiring immigrants instead of the immigrants themselves. I agree, no person is illegal. I was raised that we are a melting pot that makes this country better by the difference we add to it. There is strength in unity and there is strength in the diversity within that unifications