Yesterday, Teamsters across the Midwest took action to demand fair contracts and better working conditions at Dairy Farmers of America (DFA). Teamsters Local 120 members in Rochester, Minn., held a practice picket, Teamsters Local 20 members in Toledo, Ohio, held a rally, and Teamsters Local 554 members in Le Mars, Iowa, submitted a petition to management demanding that their employer address safety concerns.
The union is demanding higher wages, improved health care and retirement benefits, protection from automation, and a common expiration dates for 19 different agreements. 2,000 Teamsters at DFA are working under contracts that have already expired for this year, meaning the union can immediately call for a work stoppage at any one of 35 different locations.
“We’ve worked hard and made sacrifices to ensure that our employer was successful, and it’s past time we were rewarded for that,” said Nick Fields, a Local 120 member at Kemp’s Dairy in Rochester. “DFA needs to work faster to get this done.”
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