Posted on 03/29/2024 6:22:11 AM PDT by Salman
(NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.) – Cheese processing and manufacturing workers at the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) plant in New Wilmington have voted 125-9 to ratify their first collective bargaining agreement with Teamsters Local 261.
“These workers fought hard for a good contract, and because of that, they secured the strong wages and benefits that other DFA Teamsters across the country have been enjoying for years,” said Peter Finn, Teamsters Western Region International Vice President and Food Processing Division Director.
“I’d like to thank the negotiating committee for all of the hard work they did to make this contract possible,” said George Whippo, Local 261 Business Agent. “The first contract is always the most challenging, but thanks to them, workers at this facility will always enjoy middle-class prosperity.”
Improvements in the contract include a minimum of four hours of pay per shift, 17 percent wage increases over the lifetime of the three-year agreement, more sick days, an increased profit-share bonus if the plant does well, more overtime, better job security, and seniority rights. Perhaps most notably, the workers joined a Teamsters health care plan with low out-of-pocket costs and quality, comprehensive coverage.
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WTF are Teamster goons doing in farming?
Great way to (further) ruin our food supply chain.
So I’m supposed to look for the union label on my next block of Cheddar?
Big mistake.
It’s not in farming: This is for dairy processing factory workers.
Don’t panic! It’s for the WORKERS in dairy-processing plants, NOT the Farmers - they’re not this dumb. ;)
So, you mean illegal aliens.
High inflation is a Godsend to the unions.
Probably! (Though that describes modern farm worker as well.)
Hey, good job you knuckleheads who voted to join the Teamsters! That’s what we need, higher dairy prices.
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