Category: Cedar Rapids

Ingredion Strike Over: Here’s What Union Members Won

Posted January 25th, 2023 at 9:18am by Amie Rivers

From left: Starch operator Kevin Abernathy, operator Ryan Hocke, maintenance mechanic Jeff Blacek and maintenance worker Michael hold the line in front of their workplace, Ingredion, in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022.

Ingredion, Union Have Tentative Agreement; Vote Sunday

Posted January 19th, 2023 at 2:05pm by Amie Rivers

How Striking Iowa Workers Prepare For Thanksgiving Without A Paycheck

Posted November 23rd, 2022 at 8:42am by Amie Rivers

Striking Ingredion workers hold the line in Cedar Rapids on Nov. 9, 2022.

Ingredion Talks Progress, But Strikers Likely To Spend Thanksgiving Without Jobs

Posted November 16th, 2022 at 7:50pm by Amie Rivers

Striking Ingredion workers hold the line in Cedar Rapids on Nov. 9, 2022.

What Happened With Linn County’s Reporting Delay

Posted November 10th, 2022 at 2:37pm by Amie Rivers

Ingredion Strike Surpasses 2004 As Company CEO Makes Millions

Posted October 19th, 2022 at 5:26pm by Amie Rivers

Iowa Workers Asked To Sacrifice For Italian Billionaire Owner

Posted October 5th, 2022 at 12:12pm by Amie Rivers

Exor CEO John Elkann. Exor is the parent company of CNH Industrial (CNHi)/Getty Images

Union Says Ingredion Puts Cedar Rapids At Risk By Using Scab Workers

Posted September 30th, 2022 at 3:52pm by Amie Rivers

Workers Upset After Ingredion Brought 6 Armed Guards To Negotiation

Posted September 21st, 2022 at 2:42pm by Amie Rivers

Unionized workers with Ingredion picket the company’s Cedar Rapids location on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022.

Workers Respond To Ingredion’s Full-Page Ad As Strike Continues On

Posted September 17th, 2022 at 11:35am by Amie Rivers

A sign up at the Ingredion Cedar Rapids picket line, posted by BCTGM Local 100-G worker Thomas Kersten on Sept. 16, 2022.