{"id":15337,"date":"2023-08-19T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T08:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paw.ir\/?p=15337"},"modified":"2023-08-19T09:04:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T05:34:37","slug":"packaging-manufacturing-workers-secure-significant-wage-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paw.ir\/?p=15337","title":{"rendered":"Packaging manufacturing workers secure significant wage increases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Amcor workers represented by Teamsters Local 238 voted to ratify a new four-year agreement by a strong margin, ending a two-week strike at the company&#8217;s plant in Des Moines, Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These workers fought back against concessions to win the best contract they&#8217;ve ever had,&#8221; said Jesse Case, Local 238 Secretary-Treasurer. &#8220;It goes to show that when Teamsters fight, Teamsters win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 103 Amcor Teamsters at the Des Moines plant make packaging for food products like Capri Sun fruit drinks, Slim Jims, and pudding cups.<\/p>\n<p>The members went on strike July 29 after voting down Amcor&#8217;s last, best, and final offer, and a subsequent offer. The strike garnered massive support within the membership, with no members crossing the picket line.<\/p>\n<p>The new contract includes large wage increases, an extra holiday, and additional retirement money.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a victory,&#8221; said Jake Versteegh, an Amcor worker with more than 10 years at the company. &#8220;We&#8217;re excited to get back to work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Teamsters Local 238 is Iowa&#8217;s largest local union and represents public- and private-sector workers across numerous industries<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amcor workers represented by Teamsters Local 238 voted to ratify a new four-year agreement by a strong margin, ending a two-week strike at the company&#8217;s plant in Des Moines, Iowa. &#8220;These workers fought back against concessions to win the best contract they&#8217;ve ever had,&#8221; said Jesse Case, Local 238 Secretary-Treasurer. &#8220;It goes to show that [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[4260,2675,634,298,1112,4261,514,4262,662,246,2307,4263,4264,4265,525,4266,4267,1143,648,1130,666,4268,4269,4270,4271,4272,4273],"class_list":["post-15337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","tag-additional-retirement-money","tag-amcor","tag-board","tag-box","tag-business","tag-capri-sun","tag-corrugated","tag-des-moines","tag-economy","tag-en","tag-food-and-beverage-packaging","tag-iowa","tag-jake-versteegh","tag-jesse-case","tag-packaging","tag-packaging-for-food-products","tag-packaging-manufacturing-workers","tag-paper-companies","tag-paper-industry","tag-paper-manufacturer","tag-paper-mill","tag-picket-line","tag-pudding-cups","tag-secretary-treasurer","tag-slim-jims","tag-teamsters-local-238","tag-wage-increases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paw.ir\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paw.ir\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paw.ir\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paw.ir\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paw.ir\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paw.ir\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15339,"href":"https:\/\/paw.ir\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15337\/revisions\/15339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paw.ir\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paw.ir\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paw.ir\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paw.ir\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}