Local No 1 Grain Millers Wednesday morning shift strikers against Teasdale Latin Foods, on the southeast corner of 2nd and Washington in Hoopeston.
During the Wednesday (June 4th) morning hours, on the southeast corner of 2nd and Washington in Hoopeston, one of the four round-the-clock picketing shifts in a strike against a place to the east of there, Teasdale Latin Foods, was in full swing. The Local No 1 Grain Millers strike against Teasdale began at 5 PM Sunday, June 1st. Union spokesperson Pat Overlander, with the company for 45 years, says there has been no response to them from management since the strike of about 60 workers began.
Overlander says this is a matter of wanting a fair deal, especially with future generations of workers in mind. He says so much is already asked of the workers, and now they are being asked to practically live at the canning facility.
Audio PlayerAUDIO: What they want to try to change is we have a 56 hour limit. They want to move that to 60 hours, which equals five 12 hour days. That’s way too much for people.
Local No 1 Grain Millers strikers Beatrice Marmolega, Amanda Coon, and Pat Overlander.
Overlander says he’s never been part of a strike against Teasdale in his 45 years working there. But, on the other hand, he says there have been problems. As an example, he cited how everyone was treated during the pandemic.
Audio PlayerAUDIO: Everybody panicked and started buying the beans, which is great, but we couldn’t get the help we needed; so the people that was there had to do it all.
A call to Teasdale Latin Foods management has been placed by CIMG.
