Ingredion Strike
Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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More than 120 members of BCTGM 100G (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) on strike against Ingredion Corporation in Cedar Rapids voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement, bringing an end to the nearly six-month strike that began on August 1. Reflecting on the vote to accept the new agreement, BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton stated, โ€œThis has been a long and difficult fight for our striking members and their families. With each new day on that picket line,...

22 January, 2023

In a scathing letter to Ingredion CEO James Zallie, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) called the company's treatment of its workers "absolutely unacceptable." BCTGM Local 100G (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) members at Ingredion have been on strike since August 1, 2022 - more than 23 weeks. The January 13 letter by Senator Sanders outlines the outrageous proposals by Ingredion that would cut vacation, force 12-hour shifts without overtime pay and diminish seniority. "The time has come...

13 January, 2023

Local 11 of the International Association of Fire Fighters based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa released a statement supporting BCTGM Local 100G members on strike at Ingredion and warning of a public safety emergency should the company continue to operate using unskilled (SCAB) labor: "We are urging Ingredion to bargain a fair and equitable contract for all of the BCTGM members employed in Cedar Rapids. As public safety professionals, the IAFF knows well the dangers that...

04 January, 2023

After two months on the picket line, Local 100G members on strike at Ingredion in Cedar Rapids, Iowa are fed up with the companyโ€™s refusal to negotiate a fair contract. So the Union members decided to deliver a message up close and personal by traveling 250 miles from Cedar Rapids to Ingredion global headquarters in Westchester, Illinois. Local 100G members were joined by more than 100 Union members and supporters from numerous area unions for a...

07 October, 2022

Local 100G members are on strike against Ingredion Corporation in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. What they are asking for in a new collective bargaining agreement is simple: dignity and respect on the job that comes from a union contract negotiated in good faith and without take-aways. Help us call on Ingredion CEO and company representatives. Send an email and tell Ingredion to get back to the bargaining table and negotiate in good faith. Workers deserve nothing less...

02 September, 2022

On August 1, BCTGM members of Local 100G in Cedar Rapids, Iowa went on STRIKE against Ingredion, Inc. Strike issues include: the outsourcing of the bargaining unit jobs,diminished seniority rightsthe elimination of guaranteed days off,an expanded management rights clause, anda wage scale that will move many membersโ€™ wages backwards.    Like our BCTGM strikes of 2021, Local 100G is fighting to end a 2-tier wage system and to provide significant wage increases for all employees (not bonuses). Here are...

05 August, 2022