JBS Meat Giant Abused US Immigrant Workers, Union Alleges
- Workers were trafficked, lived in squalor, union says
- Brazilian company says it is addressing ‘alarming allegations’
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A labor union is calling on US authorities to investigate JBS SA over allegations of abuse and crimes against immigrant workers just as the world’s largest meat producer seeks to trade its shares in the US.
The United Food and Commercial Workers said workers at the JBS plant in Greeley, Colorado, have been subject to human trafficking, paying rent for squalid conditions, dangerous work conditions, threats and intimidation. As many as 500 Haitian and Benin workers may have been impacted, the union said.