Drivers and plant operation workers at Airgas have voted unanimously to authorize a strike in a secret ballot vote.
The workers, members of Teamsters Local 100 in Cincinnati, angrily voiced their opinions on the company’s contract proposals that would destroy job security and seniority, as well as remove the workers’ legal rights to honor picket lines.
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has 1.4 million members throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
“Air Liquide’s acquisition, Airgas, has been abusing workers across America by locking them out during contract negotiations, threatening workers with loss of healthcare benefits and wages, and attempting to break its workers’ unions by illegally threatening union activists,” said Keith Gleason, Teamsters Tankhaul Division Director.
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