Teamsters Local 238 members at Cargill are on strike due to the company’s failure to come to terms on a fair agreement.
Cargill workers are demanding the agribusiness conglomerate to provide competitive wages that keep pace with the cost of living.
"Cargill is the largest privately held company in the world and they're pushing around nickels like it's going to hurt the family billionaires,” says Jesse Case, secretary-treasurer of Local 238 and Teamsters food processing division director. “It's the workers that put those billions in the pockets of the Cargill cartel, and we'll stay on the picket line until our members receive a fair wage."
Key takeaways:
- The collective bargaining agreement for 100 workers at the corn milling facility expired at midnight Oct. 2. Cargill made $177 billion in revenue last year.
“Cargill is offering Local 238 members wages that are so low it’s creating recruitment and retention issues,” says Scott Punteney, Local 238 business agent. “Cargill can end this strike immediately by stepping up, respecting its workers, and giving them the dignity and fair compensation they’ve earned.”
