Cedar Rapids Cargill Teamsters begin strike Tue.
Cedar Rapids Cargill employees strike, demanding fair wages and 'respect'
Workers at Cargill's Cedar Rapids factory are on strike after the local Teamsters union voted to decline the company's latest offer. 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.
On the Cargill Cedar Rapids strike line, workers say No. 1 issue is respect
Workers say that the company not respecting them is a major factor of why there's an ongoing Cargill Cedar Rapids strike.
Cedar Rapids Cargill workers vote to go on strike after attempts to reach new agreement fail
Cargill workers are on strike Tuesday after Teamsters Local 238 and Cargill failed to reach an agreement. The union, which represents 100 workers, has been negotiating with the company over wages and working conditions.
Teamsters strike at Cargill plant in Cedar Rapids
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.
Cedar Rapids Cargill Teamsters begin strike Tuesday
"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
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The union represents about 100 employees across a range of positions at the Cargill corn milling plant in Cedar Rapids. The bargaining unit’s contract expired at 11:59 p.m. Monday.
UPDATE: Cargill Corn workers on strike in Cedar Rapids
The three-year contract between Cargill—a corn milling and soybean processor—and workers unionized with Teamsters Local 238 expired at midnight Tuesday, according to Sami Scheetz, an organizer with Teamsters and a Democratic state representative.
Cargill workers in Cedar Rapids warn of possible strike
Representatives of Teamsters Local 238 in Cedar Rapids are warning of the possibility of a strike against Cargill in Cedar Rapids, after the company’s
CARGILL TEAMSTERS GO ON STRIKE
Teamsters Local 238 members at Cargill have been forced to go on strike due to the company's failure to come to terms on a fair agreement. Cargill workers are demanding the company--one of the largest agribusiness conglomerates in the world--provide them with competitive wages that keep pace with the cost of living.
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