Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Despite threats of deportation, these workers voted to strike.
This week, hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants faced an uncertain future as Trump fought to revoke their legal status and deport them.
But despite these threats, the largely immigrant union workers at a JBS beef plant in Greeley, Colorado, many of them recent arrivals from Haiti, still voted to strike over poor working conditions in what could become the first sanctioned walkout at a major meatpacking plant in decades.
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Despite threats of deportation, these workers voted to strike.
This week, hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants faced an uncertain future as Trump fought to revoke their legal status and deport them.
But despite these threats, the largely immigrant union workers at a JBS beef plant in Greeley, Colorado, many of them recent arrivals from Haiti, still voted to strike over poor working conditions in what could become the first sanctioned walkout at a major meatpacking plant in decades.
From us and @FERNnews :
