About 3,800 workers at JBS USA, the world’s largest meat producer, are set to strike on Monday in what will be the first labor strike in the industry in decades.

The walkout threatens to put further strain on US meat prices – ground beef prices soared 15% last year – and could prove a headache for the Trump administration as it struggles with poor polling on cost of living issues.

Pilgrim’s Pride, a subsidiary of the JBS Brazilian meat processing conglomerate, donated $5m to the Trump-Vance inaugural committee, making it the largest single donor.

Workers at a JBS USA beef processing plant in Greeley, Colorado, are set to begin an unfair labor practice strike on 16 March. The decision came after 99% of workers represented by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 voted to authorize an unfair labor practice strike after nine months of negotiations over a new contract…

Workers say JBS has forced them to pay out of pocket for expensive personal protective equipment, discriminated against immigrant workers and tried to force through low-ball contract options…

Cordova accused JBS of dragging out negotiations, noting the company has offered less than 2% in average annual wage increases…