Worthington pork plant union inks ‘historic’ national contract with meatpacker JBS

Source: Minnesota Star Tribune Workers at the JBS pork plant in Worthington, Minn., bargained for access to pensions, raises and increased safety protections as part of a national contract the union reached with the world’s largest meat producer this week. The deal, which covers 26,000 workers at 14 plants belonging to the U.S. subsidiary of Brazil-based JBS, creates the first pension a meatpacking employer has offered since 1986. “A new standard has just been set in meatpacking,” said Mark [...]