1,700 Workers Locked Out of Colorado Beef Processing Plant

'They have to treat us better than that': Cargill workers rally after company initiates 'lock out'

FORT MORGAN, Colo. The street outside the employee entrance of the Cargill Meat Solutions factory in Fort Morgan is lined with workers, while barricades block the way inside."As of right now, [the union] has been in negotiations with Cargill since February," said Chris Sauzo, Business Agent for Teamsters Local 455.He said things took an odd turn back in April, when the company stopped bringing cattle into the factory.The company said it was to a…

1,700 workers locked out of Colorado beef processing plant

The union representing workers at a Colorado beef processing plant is reporting 1,700 workers were locked out of work this week.Teamsters Local 455 took to social media Wednesday morning to announce that just after midnight, the lockout started at Cargill's Fort Morgan. The union claimed nearly 20 percent of the town's population was affected by the labor strife. According to the latest census data, as of 2024 there were 11,835 people living in …

Cargill locks out more than 1,700 union workers from Colorado meat plant

The Minnetonka-based company and Teamsters workers at a beef slaughterhouse are at an impasse amid a contract negotiation.

More than 1,700 Cargill union workers shut out from job a day after rejecting contract

More than 1,700 union members were told to stay home with pay for the past four weeks as negotiations continued. Pay ended last night.

Cargill closure brings hundreds to Teamsters Office in Fort Morgan

Hundreds of Cargill employees filled Main Street in Fort Morgan at the Teamsters Local 455 office on Wednesday morning after workers arrived for their shifts at the Cargill plant in Fort Morgan and found the doors closed. An estimated 1,500 employees gathered outside the Teamsters’ office. In a news release on Wednesday morning, Teamsters Local […]

Union responds after Fort Morgan beef plant locks out 1,700 workers

The lockout comes after union members at the beef processing facility rejected the company's latest contract offer.