United Food and Commercial Workers

Union vote authorizes strike at South Dakota pork plant
By Stephen Groves Jun. 08, 2021 06:00 PM EDT

Union considers strike at meat plant that was virus hotspot
By Stephen Groves Jun. 02, 2021 04:57 PM EDT

Pork group asks USDA to support faster slaughterhouse speeds
By David Pitt May. 25, 2021 01:17 PM EDT
JBS meatpacking plant workers get COVID-19 vaccine shots
Mar. 05, 2021 05:17 PM EST
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado meatpacking plant that saw a deadly coronavirus outbreak last year suspended operations Friday so that workers could receive...

Vaccine delays leave grocery workers feeling expendable
By Alexandra Olson, Dee-Ann Durbin And Anne D'innocenzio Feb. 16, 2021 12:44 AM EST

US plants hope to maintain production despite virus threat
By Josh Funk And Tom Krisher Dec. 25, 2020 10:17 AM EST
Cal/Osha fines Farmer John for hundreds of COVID-19 cases
By John Rogers Nov. 16, 2020 05:13 PM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California's huge Farmer John meatpacking plant on the edge of Los Angeles has been assessed more than $58,000 for safety...

Colorado workers protest COVID-19 fine issued to meat plant
By Patty Nieberg Sep. 16, 2020 06:39 PM EDT

Smithfield Foods pork plant faces OSHA fine from outbreak
By Stephen Groves Sep. 10, 2020 04:42 PM EDT

Tyson Foods to increase virus testing in US meat plants
By Dee-Ann Durbin Jul. 30, 2020 07:00 AM EDT

Unions sue USDA over faster chicken plant production speeds
By David Pitt Jul. 28, 2020 01:42 PM EDT
Meatpacking union: 44 COVID-19 deaths among workers
May. 28, 2020 05:44 PM EDT
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — At least 44 meatpacking workers in the U.S. have died from the new coronavirus and another 3,000 have tested positive, according to an...

Some meat plants reopen, but Trump order may not be cure-all
By Stephen Groves May. 01, 2020 05:10 PM EDT