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Jan 12 • 11 tweets • 7 min read
Jason Davis: A strike is always the last course of action we want to take. We're on day 165 of the Ingredion strike. I'm so proud of Local 100G in Cedar Rapids, IA; we have NO ONE who has crossed the picket line, despite it being hard on members & families
@BCTGM #IngredionStrike
Jason Davis: We've had toy drives & food drives; we still have a small number of donations coming in to help striking workers put food on the table. The strike was especially hard over the holidays.
@BCTGM #IngredionStrike
Rick: This is a wildly profitable corporation: The CEO pocketed over $10 million, or 449 times what the workers on the picket line are making. It's not that the company doesn't have the money, they just don't want to share it with the workers.
#RickShow @BCTGM #IngredionStrike
Jason Davis: The company is trying to cut back the number of days workers have off from work. Workers work 7 days off & then get a day off where they know they won't be called into work. (con't)
@BCTGM #IngredionStrike
Jason Davis: (con't) The company wants to change that to being on call but "Don't worry, you won't work more than 14 days in a row." What company would cut back on vacation time? Workers want time to spend with their families.
@BCTGM #IngredionStrike
Jason Davis: Most of these executives, their pay is directly tied to that stock price. Shares were artificially increased due to stock buybacks.
@BCTGM #IngredionStrike
Jason Davis: Our ask is under $3 million over the four-year term [of the contract].
Rick: With a company that's going to buy back $600 million in shares??? $3 million is a drop in the bucket.
@BCTGM #IngredionStrike
Rick: How much is Ingredion losing by putting out crap products?
Jason: We had a 78-day strike in 2004 & it took us 7 yrs to rework the problems from that.
@BCTGM #IngredionStrike
Jason Davis: This location has won awards for being one of the more profitable locations. Shortly before walking out on strike, the workers won an award.
@BCTGM #IngredionStrike
Jason Davis: There's been a concerted effort to defund unions, whether is through Right to Work or something else. There's economic pressure on both sides to get to a deal. Going on strike is a fundamental right our workers have.
@BCTGM #IngredionStrike
Jason Davis: If you'd like to make a donation to our strike fund, visit our GoFundMe page:
gofundme.com/f/bctgm-100g-s…
@BCTGM #IngredionStrike

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Ian Millhiser: I was surprised SCOTUS took the case of Glacier Northwest; there are federal protections for strikes. SCOTUS has said if there's any doubt about whether or not a strike is allowed, the NLRB needs to make that determination.
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Jasper Martus: We went into Nov feeling very confident our Gov Whitmer would be reelected. We had a Democratic trifecta for the first time in 40 yrs & only the third time in 150 yrs. We've just started our session & are already getting the ball rolling.
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Rich Glowacki: We ended up getting Sec'y of Labor Marty Walsh involved in our negotiations; he invited us to D.C. The membership voted down Case New Holland's last best & final offer.
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Rich Glowacki: The company has probably spent 5x the amt they'd have spent on our contract on hiring scabs, putting them up in hotels, hiring police.
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