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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Michael Sainato

Nearly 4,000 US meatpacking workers to strike at plant run by top Trump donor

a women walking by a sign
A worker wearing a protective mask walks past the JBS SA pork processing plant in Louisville, Kentucky, on 5 June 2020. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

About 3,800 workers at JBS USA, the world’s largest meat producer, are set to strike on Monday in what will be the first labor strike in the industry in decades.

The walkout threatens to put further strain on US meat prices – ground beef prices soared 15% last year – and could prove a headache for the Trump administration as it struggles with poor polling on cost of living issues.

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