Thousands of meatpacking workers have walked off the job at a JBS-owned plant in Colorado, the industry's first strike in 40 years. The United Food and Commercial Union Local 7, the union representing the 3,800 striking workers, claimed that JBS failed to meet their demands during contract negotiations. The strike is intended to last two weeks but could be extended. JBS USA, the largest of the four major beef processing plants in the US, employs a primarily immigrant workforce of 25,000 people across nine facilities. The union claims that the company has been insisting on low wages and increasing healthcare costs.