{"id":30207,"date":"2018-10-31T16:43:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T16:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?p=30207"},"modified":"2020-09-08T17:24:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T17:24:58","slug":"minnesota-pork-processing-workers-successfully-negotiate-for-raises-continued-free-health-care-and-more-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/minnesota-pork-processing-workers-successfully-negotiate-for-raises-continued-free-health-care-and-more-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota pork processing workers successfully negotiate raises, continued free health care, and more vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"lead wp-block-paragraph\">UFCW Local 663 members who work at JBS in Worthington, Minnesota, ratified a new agreement last month that raises wages and improves benefits. JBS is the largest pork production processor in Minnesota, and UFCW Local 663 represents over 1,900 members at the facility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three-year agreement, which was ratified by an overwhelming margin, includes raises and higher base rates; an extra day of vacation; continued free primary health care at Sanford; and an additional walking steward for the second shift paid for by the company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cI\u2019m happy with the raises we have negotiated for everyone at work,\u201d<\/strong> said Yolanda Martinez, who works the day shift in the cryovac food packaging division at JBS and served on the bargaining committee. Martinez has worked for JBS for 28 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to not only our raises, but also continuing our free health care at Sanford,\u201d<\/strong> said Melina Martinez, who has worked for JBS for 20 years and is employed in the trim department.<strong> \u201cWhile health care costs are skyrocketing, it\u2019s good to know my union has our backs.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFCW Local 663 members who work at JBS in Worthington, Minnesota, ratified a new agreement last month that raises wages and improves benefits. JBS is the largest pork production processor in Minnesota, and UFCW Local 663 represents over 1,900 members at the facility. 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