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Omaha Steve

(110,360 posts) Thu Jun 11, 2026, 05:59 PM 12 hrs ago

Cargill faces "unfair labour practice charges" from Teamsters in lockout dispute

Source: Just Food

The lockout of more than 1,700 workers at Cargill’s Fort Morgan beef plant began in May and is still ongoing.

Simon Harvey June 11, 2026

The local union representing workers at Cargill’s Fort Morgan beef processing plant in Colorado has filed “unfair labour practise charges” against the meat giant.

Teamsters Local 455 has accused Minnesota-headquartered Cargill of not paying staff in a dispute that saw the business pause production at the beef site in May after locking out more than 1,700 workers.

That lockout is still in motion, Teamsters Local 455, the regional arm of Teamsters, said in a statement yesterday (10 June).

Dean Modecker, the secretary-treasurer of the Teamsters’ unit, said: “Cargill is hurting working families in Fort Morgan by illegally cutting benefits and refusing to pay its own workforce after now locking them out for multiple weeks.

Read more: https://www.just-food.com/news/cargill-faces-unfair-labour-practice-charges-from-teamsters-in-lockout-dispute/

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Cargill faces "unfair labour practice charges" from Teamsters in lockout dispute (Original Post) Omaha Steve 12 hrs ago OP

I'm having trouble understanding this MichMan 11 hrs ago #1

I wonder if they cut off the health benefits prematurely is all I can think of Omaha Steve 10 hrs ago #2

Reminder rpannier 5 hrs ago #3

MichMan

(17,522 posts)

1. I'm having trouble understanding this

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Jun 11, 2026, 06:51 PM

11 hrs ago

Teamsters Local 455 has accused Minnesota-headquartered Cargill of not paying staff in a dispute that saw the business pause production at the beef site in May after locking out more than 1,700 workers.

That lockout is still in motion, Teamsters Local 455, the regional arm of Teamsters, said in a statement yesterday (10 June).

Dean Modecker, the secretary-treasurer of the Teamsters’ unit, said: “Cargill is hurting working families in Fort Morgan by illegally cutting benefits and refusing to pay its own workforce after now locking them out for multiple weeks.

If the old contract has expired, the proposed one was voted down by the Teamsters, and Cargill implemented a lockout, why would the workers still be expecting to get pay and benefits?

Omaha Steve

(110,360 posts)

2. I wonder if they cut off the health benefits prematurely is all I can think of

Reply to MichMan (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 11, 2026, 07:20 PM

10 hrs ago

Usually health (and other benefits) continue for a short period after a lock-out.

rpannier

(24,990 posts)

3. Reminder

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:24 AM

5 hrs ago

...following the Democratic National Convention and recent Presidential debate, the Teamsters commissioned independent polling firm Lake Research Partners to conduct the union’s final national survey. In the poll ending Sept. 15, Teamsters selected Trump by 58 percent for endorsement over 31 percent for Harris.

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Wonder what the vote was at Local 455?

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