Members of Teamsters Local 238 voted Tuesday, Oct. 1 to authorize a strike against Cargill’s corn milling plant in southeast Cedar Rapids. Local 238

The strike began Tuesday night at 1710 16th St. SE near the Cedar River shortly after the collective bargaining agreement between 100 Cedar Rapids employees and the corn milling giant expired. About 25 employees picketed outside two entrances to the Cargill plant late Wednesday morning,

About 100 workers at the Cargill plant in Cedar Rapids are on strike. The Teamsters contract for workers at the corn milling plant in Cedar Rapids expired at midnight Monday. The union sought a $3 an hour pay increase over the next three years and rejected the company’s lower offer.

"Our workers are simply asking for what they deserve: fair pay for the work they do," said Scott Punteney, Teamsters Local 238's business agent. Cargill responded to the strike sa