JBS workers pause three-week Colorado strike, return to work while negotiations resume

Workers at JBS’s Swift Beef plant in Greeley, Colorado, are ending their three-week strike and returning to work while negotiations resume.

AP reported that JBS agreed to resume talks and that workers will return on Tuesday. CBS Colorado similarly reported that workers are ending the strike without a new contract in place.

The strike began on March 16 and stretched into its third week before the return-to-work arrangement emerged. The union had previously authorized the strike in a labor dispute at the plant.

For now, the work stoppage is pausing rather than being fully resolved. The latest reporting says the company and the union are headed back to bargaining, but there is no finalized contract yet.

That means the immediate shift is from strike action to renewed negotiations, with the broader labor dispute still open.