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Teamsters at Cargill Salt Launch ULP Strike
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:
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Teamsters at Cargill Salt Launch ULP Strike
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Press Contact: Maura Drumm Phone: (215) 510-3735 Email: MDrumm@teamster.org
(NEWARK, Calif.) - 120 members of Teamsters Local 853 at Cargill Salt in Newark, Calif., have been forced out on strike over the company's unfair labor practices (ULP), which includes retaliating against a steward during contract negotiations.
In addition to fighting back against Cargill's behavior, workers are seeking a fair contract that addresses
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:
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Teamsters at Cargill Salt Launch ULP Strike
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Press Contact: Maura Drumm Phone: (215) 510-3735 Email: MDrumm@teamster.org
(NEWARK, Calif.) - 120 members of Teamsters Local 853 at Cargill Salt in Newark, Calif., have been forced out on strike over the company's unfair labor practices (ULP), which includes retaliating against a steward during contract negotiations.
In addition to fighting back against Cargill's behavior, workers are seeking a fair contract that addresseskey wage and health insurance concerns as they negotiate a new agreement with the company.
"This workforce keeps a critical supply chain running, and they deserve a contract that reflects their skill and value," said Steve Beck, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 853. "A billion-dollar company has no excuse to cut the pay and benefits of its workers. We want Cargill to take our concerns seriously instead of retaliating against our members."
Teamsters at Cargill Salt harvest, process, and package sea salt at the Newark facility -one of the only sea salt operations of its kind in North America. They oversee the entire production process from harvesting salt in evaporation ponds and turning that into finished products used for table salt, road de-icing, and other specialty uses.
"For many of us, this is about supporting our families and planning for the future," said Ever Duran, a worker at Cargill Salt and steward with Local 853. "We are the bedrock of the salt industry, and we just want a contract that fairly reflects that. It's up to Cargill if they want to play ball and recognize how critical we are to their success."
Teamsters Local 853 represents nearly 15,000 members across half a dozen industries across Northern California. For more information, visit teamsters853.org.
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Original text here: https://teamster.org/2026/08/teamsters-at-cargill-salt-launch-ulp-strike/
NABTU, BlackRock, and AI Infrastructure Partnership Launch Strategic Collaboration to Support America's Infrastructure Workforce
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The AFL-CIO North America's Building Trades Unions issued the following news release:
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NABTU, BlackRock, and AI Infrastructure Partnership Launch Strategic Collaboration to Support America's Infrastructure Workforce
North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU), BlackRock, and the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the growth of domestic infrastructure, expand workforce participation opportunities, strengthen supply chain resilience, and foster long-term economic development associated with AI and energy
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The AFL-CIO North America's Building Trades Unions issued the following news release:
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NABTU, BlackRock, and AI Infrastructure Partnership Launch Strategic Collaboration to Support America's Infrastructure Workforce
North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU), BlackRock, and the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the growth of domestic infrastructure, expand workforce participation opportunities, strengthen supply chain resilience, and foster long-term economic development associated with AI and energyinfrastructure investment.
Through the MOU, AIP's anticipated project pipeline will provide visibility to improve planning for future workforce needs. The parties will also explore opportunities that expand apprenticeship utilization, strengthen workforce training, build more recruitment initiatives, and better ensure viable long-term, family-sustaining career pathways.
As data consumption accelerates, the corresponding growth in data centers, power generation, and related infrastructure investment is expected to create hundreds of thousands of high-quality jobs for skilled American workers. Developing the workforce needed to meet that demand requires dialogue among investors, labor organizations, policymakers, companies, and other industry participants. The collaboration between NABTU, BlackRock, and AIP will expand the long-term pipeline of skilled workers and strengthen project execution at data centers and other infrastructure being developed by AIP portfolio companies.
"NABTU is proud to partner with BlackRock and AIP to help build the skilled workforce that will power America's data revolution," said Sean McGarvey, President of NABTU. "As we've said, there is no shortage of men and women ready to build America's future; what is needed is the workforce planning, industry partnerships, and sustained investment required to connect people with world-class training and family-sustaining careers."
"As technology and data become increasingly important to U.S. economic growth, the infrastructure buildout required to drive innovation is creating a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in American workers," said Larry Fink, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock. "For America to continue to prosper, the men and women building the infrastructure of the future must also benefit from this growth. This collaboration reflects a shared belief that investing in critical infrastructure can strengthen America's competitiveness while creating jobs, expanding economic opportunity and, ultimately, help more Americans experience financial well-being."
"Strategic access to NABTU's highly trained workforce is a competitive advantage," added Will Brilliant, Chief Executive Officer of AIP and Global Head of Digital Infrastructure at Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock. "This relationship will bolster AIP and our companies' ability to deliver mission-critical infrastructure projects with the scale, speed, and quality needed to generate strong outcomes for our clients. It will also help more Americans, and their families, benefit from the historic investments in American infrastructure."
In addition, the MOU acknowledges that skilled contractors operating under a Responsible Contractor Program can contribute to greater execution certainty, better workplace safety, and improved operational reliability and that having a project labor agreement may be appropriate for certain projects.
Today's announcement builds on BlackRock's commitment to strengthening America's skilled labor pipeline, which is critical to both the nation's infrastructure buildout and to expanding economic opportunity. In March, BlackRock launched BlackRock Future Builders, a $100 million philanthropic initiative funded by The BlackRock Foundation to help train 50,000 Americans for careers in the skilled trades. The firm also joined Carhartt, Ford Motor Company, and Google in launching the Alliance for America's Skilled Trades, a new initiative bringing together like-minded companies to expand access to skilled trades training and help meet the nation's growing workforce needs.
BlackRock and AIP will apply the principles laid out in the nonbinding MOU in a manner that is consistent with their fiduciary duty to clients.
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About NABTU
North America's Building Trades Unions is an alliance of 14 national and international unions in the building and construction industry collectively representing over 3.2 million skilled craft professionals in the United States and Canada. Each year, our unions and signatory contractor partners invest in excess of $3 billion in private-sector money to fund and operate over 1,900 apprenticeship training and education facilities across North America that produce the safest, most highly trained, and most productive, skilled craft workers anywhere in the world. NABTU is dedicated to creating economic security and employment opportunities for its construction workers by safeguarding wage and benefits standards, promoting responsible private capital investments, investing in renowned apprenticeship and training, and creating more construction career pathways to the middle class for women, communities of color, Indigenous people, veterans, and the justice-involved. For more information, please visit nabtu.org.
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About BlackRock
BlackRock's purpose is to help more and more people experience financial well-being. As a fiduciary to investors and a leading provider of financial technology, we help millions of people build savings that serve them throughout their lives by making investing easier and more affordable. For additional information on BlackRock, please visit www.blackrock.com/corporate | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock
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About AIP
The AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP) was established to accelerate investment in next-generation AI infrastructure and advance the innovation needed to power the future of AI. AIP aims to mobilize $30 billion of equity capital from investors, asset owners, and corporations, with the potential to reach $100 billion including debt financing.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, including with respect to AIP's future financial or business performance, strategies or expectations. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or phrases such as "trend," "potential," "opportunity," "pipeline," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "current," "intention," "estimate," "position," "assume," "outlook," "continue," "remain," "maintain," "sustain," "seek," "achieve," and similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could," "may" and similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time and may contain information that is not purely historical in nature. Such information may include, among other things, projections and forecasts. There is no guarantee that any projections or forecasts made will come to pass. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and BlackRock assumes no duty to and does not undertake to update forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements and future results could differ materially from historical performance.
BlackRock has previously disclosed risk factors in its Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") reports. These risk factors and those identified elsewhere in this release, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements or historical performance. BlackRock's Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and subsequent filings with the SEC, accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and on BlackRock's website, discuss certain of these factors in more detail and identify additional factors that can affect forward-looking statements. The information contained on BlackRock's website is not a part of this press release, and therefore, is not incorporated herein by reference.
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Original text here: https://nabtu.org/press_releases/blackrockpartnershipaip/
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Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Alaska's Mary Peltola and Bill Hill for Election to Congress
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release:
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Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Alaska's Mary Peltola and Bill Hill for Election to Congress
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AFGE says Peltola and Hill are labor champions who will fight for Alaskans
AURORA, Colo. - The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Mary Peltola for election to the U.S. Senate and Bill Hill for election to U.S. House representing Alaska in the 2026 elections. The statewide primary is Aug. 18, and the general election
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release:
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Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Alaska's Mary Peltola and Bill Hill for Election to Congress
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AFGE says Peltola and Hill are labor champions who will fight for Alaskans
AURORA, Colo. - The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Mary Peltola for election to the U.S. Senate and Bill Hill for election to U.S. House representing Alaska in the 2026 elections. The statewide primary is Aug. 18, and the general electionis Nov. 3.
"Alaska has the third-highest percentage of labor union membership and one of the highest percentages of federal employees in the USA," AFGE District 11 National Vice President Tim Snyder said. "We are proud to endorse two labor champions who know firsthand the concerns of workers in Alaska. Mary and Bill have reached out to our local leaders to get to know them and their concerns and have earned this endorsement."
Mary Peltola, U.S. Senate
Mary Peltola is a lifelong Alaskan, a mother of seven, and a proven champion for all Alaska workers and families. She began fishing with her father at age six before becoming a fishing boat captain at age 14. She also worked as a herring and salmon technician for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game during college. After being elected to the state legislature at the age of 24, Peltola chaired the bipartisan Bush Caucus, which helped lower energy prices and improve public safety for rural Alaskans.
Peltola has fought for Alaska by leading the coalition to secure the Willow Oil Project - the largest development of Alaska oil in recent history and a source of stable, well-paying union jobs; launching the fight against factory trawlers in 2022 and fighting for first-of-its-kind legislation to ban bottom trawling; and organizing town halls across the state and rallying Alaskans to successfully stop the Kroger-Albertson's merger that would have raised grocery prices and hurt workers.
As Alaksa's representative in the U.S. House from 2022 to 2025, Peltola cosponsored the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which would enshrine Alaska workers' right to collectively bargain, and the Social Security Fairness Act, which would ensure all workers receive the full measure of their hard-earned benefits. She is committed to protecting federal employees from shortsighted political decisions in D.C. Peltola will continue to fight for the rights of federal workers to collectively bargain and will fight to restore that right to our federal employees, including those in the Department of Defense who have lost their contracts.
Bill Hill, U.S. House
Bill Hill grew up in a small village in Bristol Bay, Alaska. A commercial fisherman who has also worked in construction, Hill joined his dad on the family fishing boat when he was 12 and has been fishing every fishing season in Bristol Bay since. A son of two teachers, Hill spent nearly 25 years working as a teacher, principal, and superintendent and was named Alaska Superintendent of the Year in 2023.
He's a proud union member, having been a member of both the Laborers' Union and the NEA. Hill wants to be the No. 1 champion in Congress for the PRO Act and he will fight to defend public employees' rights to organize, believing that all workers should have those important rights.
More than 15,000 federal employees live in Alaska - caring for veterans, supporting the military, ensuring the safety of our air and water, and getting Social Security recipients their benefits accurately and on time.
AFGE is the largest federal employee union in the country, representing more than 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers in all functions of government. AFGE represents more than 68,500 federal employees in District 11, which includes Alaska, Colorado, Guam, Idaho, Montana, Okinawa, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
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Original text here: https://www.afge.org/link/9e313e9fc19e4993826a594ecbe1bde2.aspx
Trump Administration's Gutting of Head Start Puts Vulnerable Kids at Risk
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release:
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Trump Administration's Gutting of Head Start Puts Vulnerable Kids at Risk
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WASHINGTON-AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after the Trump administration unveiled a proposal to scrap hundreds of federal regulations governing Head Start, the early education program that serves roughly 700,000 of the nation's poorest and most vulnerable children. Thousands of AFT members work in Head Start, and countless other K-12 schools across the country rely
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release:
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Trump Administration's Gutting of Head Start Puts Vulnerable Kids at Risk
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WASHINGTON-AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after the Trump administration unveiled a proposal to scrap hundreds of federal regulations governing Head Start, the early education program that serves roughly 700,000 of the nation's poorest and most vulnerable children. Thousands of AFT members work in Head Start, and countless other K-12 schools across the country relyon the program's federal funding stream.
"For nearly six decades, Head Start has given kids from low-income families a genuine shot at success. The name isn't accidental. Head Start equips kids with tools to stay on track, and get ahead, right from the beginning of their learning journey in a secure, nurturing environment.
"The Trump administration doesn't seem to share these priorities. They tried to kill Head Start outright once already, and parents, providers and Congress said no. So, now they're trying another tactic: Set the program up for failure by diluting standards, capping what programs can spend on staff, burying providers in pointless paperwork and then using these self-inflicted wounds to justify another round of cuts.
"Slashing the administrative spending cap from 15 percent to 5 percent, without a dime more in funding, isn't streamlining anything. It's a mandate to do more with less, and it's kids who will pay for it, in bigger classrooms with fewer educators.
"This is a test of what we value as a country. We will stand with our members and fight in Congress, in the courts and the court of public opinion until the promise of Head Start is fully restored."
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Original text here: https://www.aft.org/press-release/trump-administrations-gutting-head-start-puts-vulnerable-kids-risk
Teamsters, Elected Officials Rally for Delivery Protection Act
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:
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Teamsters, Elected Officials Rally for Delivery Protection Act
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Press Contact: Matt McQuaid Phone: (771) 241-0015 Email: mmcquaid@teamster.org
(LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.) - Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien and General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman rallied today with hundreds of rank-and-file Teamsters and New York elected officials in support of the Delivery Protection Act, calling on the New York City Council to pass the groundbreaking legislation without
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:
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Teamsters, Elected Officials Rally for Delivery Protection Act
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Press Contact: Matt McQuaid Phone: (771) 241-0015 Email: mmcquaid@teamster.org
(LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.) - Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien and General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman rallied today with hundreds of rank-and-file Teamsters and New York elected officials in support of the Delivery Protection Act, calling on the New York City Council to pass the groundbreaking legislation withoutdelay.
The Delivery Protection Act, authored by Councilmember Tiffany Caban (D-22nd District) and inspired by the Amazon Teamsters 2024 strike, would require Amazon and other delivery companies operating in New York City to license their facilities with the city and hire its delivery workforce directly. If passed, the Delivery Protection Act would make Amazon's corrupt Delivery Service Partner (DSP) model illegal within the five boroughs.
"Amazon's Delivery Service Partner model is the most dangerous business model in America today. It allows Amazon to break the law while hiding behind shell companies it has total control over," O'Brien said. "The Delivery Protection Act is the blueprint for how workers can fight back against Amazon's greed. The New York City Council must pass this critical legislation and do its part to protect American workers."
In response to support for the bill from the City Council and Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Amazon has engaged in its most aggressive lobbying effort yet in New York City, spending over $5 million to bankroll a dark money campaign against the Delivery Protection Act. While the Five Borough Jobs Campaign claims to be made up of "small businesses," Amazon has bankrolled over 97 percent of the group's funding since the Delivery Protection Act was announced.
"Amazon is trying to trick New Yorkers and the City Council with a multimillion-dollar astroturf misinformation campaign because it knows that the truth is on the Teamsters' side," said Randy Korgan, Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division. "It is appalling that the top killer of small businesses in this country is now using these same small businesses as a smoke screen to push false narratives against the Delivery Protection Act. Amazon Teamsters will continue to lead the movement to hold Amazon accountable."
"When Amazon shut down my DSP, essentially firing every one of us, they gave us less than a day's notice and did it over text. No company should have that power over workers," said Latrice Johnson, an Amazon Teamster from the DBK4 facility in Maspeth, Queens. "The Delivery Protection Act is how we are fighting back. This law will make it illegal for Amazon to hide behind a fake third party, let alone fire hundreds of people without any respect for our rights. New York City has the power to change how Amazon treats its workers -the Delivery Protection Act will do it."
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents over 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow us on X @Teamsters and on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters.
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Original text here: https://teamster.org/2026/08/teamsters-elected-officials-rally-for-delivery-protection-act/
Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Vermont Rep. Becca Balint for Reelection to Congress
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release:
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Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Vermont Rep. Becca Balint for Reelection to Congress
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AFGE says Balint has fought to restore federal workers' collective bargaining rights and stood with Vermont's federal workforce
BRIDGETON, N.J. -The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of U.S. Rep. Becca Balint for reelection to Congress representing Vermont's at-large statewide district in the 2026 elections. The statewide
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release:
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Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Vermont Rep. Becca Balint for Reelection to Congress
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AFGE says Balint has fought to restore federal workers' collective bargaining rights and stood with Vermont's federal workforce
BRIDGETON, N.J. -The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of U.S. Rep. Becca Balint for reelection to Congress representing Vermont's at-large statewide district in the 2026 elections. The statewideprimary is Tuesday, Aug. 11, and the general election is Nov. 3.
Balint has been a strong supporter of AFGE's top priorities in the 119th Congress and a frequent cosponsor of legislation protecting the federal workforce. She cosponsored the Protect America's Workforce Act (H.R. 2550), which would rescind President Trump's March 2025 executive order banning collective bargaining for most of the federal workforce. Balint has also stood up for Vermont's federal employees as the Trump administration pushed mass layoffs and reductions-in-force across the government.
"Becca Balint has been in Vermont federal workers' corner since she got to Congress," AFGE District 2 National Vice President David Gonzalez said. "She helped pass the Protect America's Workforce Act to undo the Trump administration's attack on collective bargaining, and she has fought just as hard against the layoffs and buyouts this administration has used to gut the civil service. Vermont's federal employees know she has their back, and AFGE is proud to stand with her."
More than 5,500 federal employees live in Vermont -caring for veterans, supporting the military, and ensuring Social Security recipients receive their benefits accurately and on time.
AFGE is the largest federal employee union in the country, representing more than 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers in all functions of government. AFGE represents nearly 51,500 federal employees in District 2, which includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
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Original text here: https://www.afge.org/link/bc1f56c1436d4267b76c969fb06da2bf.aspx
DFA Teamsters Authorize Strike at Kemps
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:
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DFA Teamsters Authorize Strike at Kemps
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Press Contact: Lena Melentijevic Phone: (347) 208-2279 Email: LMelentijevic@teamster.org
(FARMINGTON, Minn.) - Over 110 members with Teamsters Local 471 at Kemps in Farmington, Minn., a subsidiary of the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike as they seek better wages, stronger benefits, improved vacation time, and strike protections.
"Every day, our members put their hands, time, and
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:
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DFA Teamsters Authorize Strike at Kemps
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Press Contact: Lena Melentijevic Phone: (347) 208-2279 Email: LMelentijevic@teamster.org
(FARMINGTON, Minn.) - Over 110 members with Teamsters Local 471 at Kemps in Farmington, Minn., a subsidiary of the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike as they seek better wages, stronger benefits, improved vacation time, and strike protections.
"Every day, our members put their hands, time, andpride into the dairy products people across this region eat," said Lyndon Johnson, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 471. "They are fighting for wages that let them take care of their families, benefits that give them security, and strike protections that ensure they can stand up for themselves when needed. This vote shows how deeply they believe in one another and how focused they are in securing what they deserve."
Teamsters at the Farmington facility produce cultured dairy products that are fixtures in households across Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, including Top the Tater sour cream and Kemps cottage cheese. Their work supports a major dairy operation that produces and distributes fresh dairy products for families, schools, and retailers throughout the Midwest.
"This is my second time on the bargaining committee negotiating a new contract, and we're not asking for anything unreasonable," said Ryan Just, a worker at Kemps and steward with Local 471. "We're looking for wages that keep up with inflation, better health care, and more time to spend with our families. We want to reach a fair agreement as soon as possible, and we're hopeful Kemps wants that too."
Teamsters Local 471 represents workers throughout Minnesota across industries, including dairy processing, warehousing, and distribution. For more information, go to local471.com.
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Original text here: https://teamster.org/2026/08/dfa-teamsters-authorize-strike-at-kemps/
