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Letter to Colorado Attorney General Philip Weiser

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RE: JBSโ€™s Commission of a Public Nuisance Relating to COVID-19

Dear Attorney General Weiser,

We write to urge your office to investigate the workplace safety and public health crisis that has plagued JBS USA, Inc. (โ€œJBSโ€) workers and their communities in and around Greeley, Colorado during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As you know, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (โ€œOSHAโ€)
recently issued a citation to JBS and proposed a $15,615 penalty against the company for its
โ€œserious violationsโ€ at JBSโ€™s Greeley facility. We fear that this meager and insulting penalty,
which amounts to only around $2500 per worker life lost at that plant, will only embolden
JBSโ€™s brazen prioritization of its extraordinary profits over the health and safety of working
Coloradans. Colorado is not, however, helpless to act.

Read the entire letter here.