Author: BRITTANY PETERSON
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3,800 Colorado workers are on strike at JBS, one of the largest meatpacking plants in the US
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — About 3,800 workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants went on strike Monday in Colorado in what union representatives said was the first walkout at a U.S. beef slaughterhouse in four decades. Hundreds of strikers picketed in front of the Swift Beef Co. plant in Greeley, owned by JBS…
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In Colorado town built on coal, some families are moving on, even as Trump tries to boost industry
CRAIG — The Cooper family knows how to work heavy machinery. The kids could run a hay baler by their early teens, and two of the three ran monster-sized drills at the coal mines along with their dad. But learning to maneuver the shiny red drill they use to tap into underground heat feels different.…
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As drought cuts hay crop, cattle ranchers face culling herds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — With his cattle ranch threatened by a deepening drought, Jim Stanko isn’t cheered by the coming storm signaled by the sound of thunder. “Thunder means lightning, and lightning can cause…