Strike, marathon bargaining session, membership unity led to a better contract at Holten Meat

Workers win fight for better life, return to work By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Sauget, IL – Nobody wants to go on strike, but..

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Holten Meat workers win fight for better life, return to work

By standing together, workers at Holten Meat are building a workplace that lets them build careers and support their families. Members of..

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UFCW Local 655 calls for boycott of Holten products By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Sauget, IL – The products of Holten Meats are..

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Employees at Holten Meat will be asked to vote on latest contract proposal early Tuesday, which would immediately end the strike if..

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Would hire new employees for day jobs instead of letting senior night shift workers move up Sauget, IL – In a spectacular display of not..

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Currently, 60-plus people are on picket line Sauget, IL – Strikers at the Holten Meat Co., 1682 Sauget Business Blvd., Sauget, Ill.,..

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Employees at Holten Meat immediately set up picket lines after rejecting yet another proposal from their employer Members of United Food..

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Union willing to compromise, Rauner won’t even meet By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Springfield, IL – In the first-ever strike..

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By MARY ANN HOLLEY Correspondent It’s hard times for Union brothers and sisters as “right-to-work” looms over Missouri, but the 21..

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By MARY ANN HOLLEY Correspondent QUINCY, IL – International Association of Machinists Local 822 members in Quincy, IL, are back on..

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