JBS workers to get mass vaccinations next month

GREELEY — The production lines at JBS USA Inc. will stop for at least two days in early March after the meatpacking giant and a union representing a large portion of its workers agreed to a mass vaccination drive at the plant.

In a statement, United Food & Commercial Workers Local 7 said that with aid from the state of Colorado and the National Guard, JBS will offer Pfizer vaccines to its staff beginning at 6 a.m. on March 6 and 7.

UCFW Local 7 president Kim Cordova told BizWest that the goal is to issue approximately 5,000 vaccinations among the plant’s…