WISCONSIN TEAMSTERS AUTHORIZE STRIKES AT ACTUS NUTRITION AND FOREMOST FARMS

Dairy plant workers in western Wisconsin vote to strike

SPARTA, Wis. — Union members at three dairy plants in western Wisconsin are planning to walk off the job. Over 150 workers at facilities in Richland Center, Lancaster and Sparta have voted to authorize a strike, according to Teamsters Local 120. The cheese processing plants in Richland Center and Lancaster are owned by Foremost Farms, while the plant in Sparta was recently sold to Actus Nutrition. Just 30 days before selling the Sparta plant to …

Workers at Sparta facility formerly owned by Foremost Farms authorize strike after deal not honored

SPARTA, Wis. -- Workers at a protein facility in Sparta, previously owned by Foremost Farms, voted to authorize a strike after new owners Actus Nutrition refused to honor the terms of a deal struck in March.

WISCONSIN TEAMSTERS AUTHORIZE STRIKES AT ACTUS NUTRITION AND FOREMOST FARMS

Dairy Workers Push Back Against Cuts to Health Care, Pensions, and Other Protections

Wisconsin Teamsters Authorize Strikes at Actus Nutrition and Foremost Farms

(SPARTA, Wis.) – More than 150 Teamsters at an Actus Nutrition facility and two Foremost Farms plants have overwhelmingly voted to authorize strikes. The workers, represented by Teamsters Local 120, are employed at three locations critical to dairy production and processing in western Wisconsin. Actus currently operates a protein facility in Sparta after purchasing it from Foremost Farms, while Foremost continues to run two cheese processing pla…