Cache Valley Meatpacking Plant Workers Secure New Contract with Nationwide Labor Union

Cache Valley meatpacking plant workers secure new contract with nationwide labor union

HYRUM, Utah Meatpacking workers at the JBS plant in Hyrum have a new labor contract. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), the union representing workers at the Hyrum plant and other JBS facilities across the country, says the agreement will pay employees between $23-24 per hour, and for the first time, they will have paid sick leave. The deal also creates a pension fund. "Every employer in the meatpacking industry shoul…

UFCW members at Hyrum JBS plant help secure pensions, paid sick leave and raises

Workers at Hyrum’s JBS Foods plant, also members of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, helped secure a new contract between union members and JBS Foods, guaranteeing pensions, paid sick leave and “significant” raises, the UFCW announced Thursday.

Cache Valley JBS workers among 26,000 to benefit from historic union agreement

WASHINGTON — More than 26,000 meatpacking workers at JBS facilities across the country, including at the Hyrum plant in Cache Valley, have ratified the first-ever national contract negotiated by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). The agreement,…