WORKERS AT THE LE MARS KEMPS, A SUBSIDIARY OF DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, HAVE VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY TO JOIN TEAMSTERS LOCAL 554.
THE 200 PRODUCTION WORKERS, WAREHOUSE WORKERS, AND DRIVERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING MILK PRODUCTS AND COTTAGE CHEESE.
IN ADDITION TO BARGAINING THEIR FIRST LOCAL UNION AGREEMENT, THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF LOCAL 554 WILL BE JOINING MORE THAN 1,800 OTHER DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA TEAMSTERS AS PART OF THE FIRST-EVER NATIONAL COORDINATED CONTRACT CAMPAIGN AT THE DAIRY CO-OPERATIVE, WHICH IS THE LARGEST IN NORTH AMERICA.
JOSEPH MORRIS, A MEMBER OF THE KEMPS TEAMSTERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, SAYS “EVERYONE AT THIS PLANT IS LOOKING FORWARD TO JUMPING RIGHT INTO BARGAINING SO WE CAN GET THE WAGES, HEALTH CARE, AND SAFETY THAT WE DESERVE.”
TEAMSTERS LOCAL 554 HAS REPRESENTED WORKERS IN NEBRASKA AND EASTERN IOWA SINCE 1937.
