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.
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
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.
Workers at the Cedar Rapids milling plant go on strike
Cargill corn workers at the Cedar Rapids milling plant went on strike on Wednesday following a failed meeting Tuesday night between Teamsters Local 238 and Cargill.
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A Cedar Rapids branch of the privately owned company, Cargill, has officially gone on strike. Cargill specializes in agricultural supply chain as well as food production.
Teamsters begin strike against Cargill corn plant in Cedar Rapids
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
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.
Teamsters go on strike after negotiations stall; Cargill 'disappointed' but optimistic
Teamsters Local 238 announced in a press release Tuesday that they would officially be going on strike on Oct. 1.Their contracts expired at midnight Tuesday mor
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Cargill strike continues, workers demanding higher wages and respect
The workers are there with signs at both entrances to the plant. Some said they’ll stay out there on strike, “as long as it ...
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Update: Teamsters vote to strike at Iowa Cargill plant
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.