After a 60-day work stoppage, Brenntag Teamsters at Local 90 in Iowa unanimously ratified a three-year contract

[T-Link Reporter]

After a 60-day work stoppage, Brenntag Teamsters at Local 90 in Iowa unanimously ratified a three-year contract.



The Des Moines-based workers secured strong wages, increased pension contributions, enhanced PTO policies, improved working conditions, and job protections against AI and automation. The Brenntag Teamsters mix and transport chemicals for farming operations throughout Iowa.



Starting in February, the group was abruptly locked out of their facility for 35 days. The company demanded workers return to their shifts but refused to offer a contract that met industry standards, which forced workers onto a 25-day unfair labor practice strike.



“We endured long days on the picket line and braved rain, sleet, and blizzards,” said Dillon Strait, a production worker and Local 90 steward. “Corporate greed tried to break our solidarity, but it failed. Brenntag started this fight, and the Teamsters finished it.”





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