Missouri Correspondent
St. Louis – A group of Teamsters from St. Louis chose to honor a primary picket line set by Cleveland Teamsters at Airgas here at 3500 Bernard St. July 8 to protest the company’s unfair labor practices and refusal to negotiate a fair contract with Teamsters Local 507 in the Cleveland, Ohio area.
“We are simply lending our support to the picket line that Local 507 put up in Ohio,” said Teamsters Joint Council 13 President Derek Kropp.
Teamsters Local 507 Principal Officer Dan Chavez says there are about 13 members who work at the Valley View location in Cleveland, and they are awaiting their first contract. Chavez said the union has been at the bargaining table with the company over a year to no avail…