"We are ready to bargain a fair deal that treats our members with the same respect already shown to the other construction trades when negotiating their contracts earlier this year. "The Teamsters have remained willing to sit down and negotiate in good faith," said Rick Hicks, secretary-treasurer for Local 174, in a statement last week. Representatives for the concrete company owners, as well as the Associated General Contractors of Washington State, said they have been trying to work with the union to start talks under federal mediation for the last three weeks, to no avail. "As a common process in stalled negotiations, we ask why the Teamsters have repeatedly refused mediation," wrote David D' Hondt, AGC of Washington's executive vice president, in a letter to the union. Since the start of the work stoppage, there has been little progress on an agreement. 19, the strike has grown because the six employers are all covered by one master employment agreement. Initially started with 34 workers on Nov.
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These workers, who are cement mixer drivers and plant employees, are seeking increased wages and enhanced healthcare benefits for recently retired members. Teamsters Local 174 said 330 of its workers would continue to strike six concrete companies - Gary Merlino, Stoneway Concrete, Cadman, CalPortland/Glacier, Salmon Bay Sand and Gravel and Lehigh Cement - over a contract that expired July 31, 2021.Picking up where they left off at the end of 2021, striking Teamsters in the Seattle region vowed to continue to halt the flow of concrete to area projects, having already waylaid 500 truck deliveries to four major Sound Transit Authority jobsites and extended their picket line to the Port of Everett, Washington, on Monday.The union said there are no further talks planned, and picketing will continue until a contract is agreed on. Representatives for the Teamsters said in an announcement that they were disappointed by the mediation, alleging that the employers did not advance a worthwhile proposal. Moore and Schindler decided to end the talks, the Times reported, though they said that the potential for further mediation stands. The two sides met on Thursday, along with Northwest District of Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Commissioner Roger Moore and Regional Director Beth Schindler. 21 meeting ended "without a resolution to the open labor agreement," a spokesperson for four of the concrete companies confirmed to the Seattle Times. 24, 2022: A mediation session last week between Teamsters Local 174 and employer representatives failed to produce results, meaning a strike involving more than 300 concrete company workers that has slowed projects across the Seattle area will continue.
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