Worker says she was pushed to falsify safety records and saw employees lose limbs at Trump-aligned meatpacking plant

Source: The Independent

Tuesday 15 July 2025 13:14 EDT


A Colorado woman working for the world’s largest meatpacking company – and major Trump supporter – claims supervisors pressured her to falsify safety records while workers were regularly losing fingers and limbs due to inadequate training.

Salima Jandali, an aspiring police officer who speaks three languages and has a Bachelor’s degree in political science and anthropology from the University of Northern Colorado, says her supervisor regularly denigrated her as a “stupid Arab” and forced her and others to work without proper protective equipment.

When Jandali, 31, complained to management about what she saw as dangerous shortcomings at the JBS USA beef processing plant in Greeley, roughly 50 miles north of Denver, her locker was vandalized, her Islamic prayer beads were thrown in the trash and she was forced out of her job.

That’s according to a federal lawsuit filed by Jandali, which describes her experience at JBS as “a disturbing example of systematic workplace discrimination and retaliation against… a Muslim woman and Moroccan immigrant who refused to participate in her employer’s illegal, dangerous, and exploitative practices.” Once she left, Jandali “never wanted to look back,” she told The Independent.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/jbs-foods-racism-lawsuit-trump-donor-b2789435.html