Teamsters Local 455 in Fort Morgan, CO, filed unfair labor practice charges against Cargill on June 10, saying Cargill cut off workers’ access to pay and benefits.
“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,” said Dean Modecker, Teamsters Local 455 secretary-treasurer. The company and the 1,700 Fort Morgan union workers have been in a standoff since May 20 following unresolved collective bargaining agreement negotiations.
“These charges make clear that Cargill cannot ignore the law. It’s time for the company to stop stalling and return to the bargaining table,” Modecker said. Cargill maintains that they remain “open to discussing with the union how the contract package might be structured in different ways to address employee priorities and support a stable future for the Fort Morgan facility.”
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