Author: Brittany Peterson
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3,800 Colorado workers are on strike at JBS, one of the largest meatpacking plants in the US
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GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — About 3,800 workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants went on strike Monday in Colorado in what union representatives said was the first walkout at a U.S. beef slaughterhouse in four decades. Hundreds of strikers picketed in front of the Swift Beef Co. plant in Greeley, owned by JBS…
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In Colorado town built on coal, some families are moving on, even as Trump tries to boost industry
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CRAIG — The Cooper family knows how to work heavy machinery. The kids could run a hay baler by their early teens, and two of the three ran monster-sized drills at the coal mines along with their dad. But learning to maneuver the shiny red drill they use to tap into underground heat feels different.…