“The strike against Cargill is still going!!” flyer on city and county salt contracts

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Cases against Cargill, Inc.

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“Cargill plead yuilty in U.S. District Court in June
1981 to four criminal counts of willfully violating
mine-safety laws at its salt mine in Belle Isle,
Louisiana. The site was rocked by an explosion in July
1979 that killed five miners. The violations, for which
Cargill was fined $45,000, were not connected directly
to the blast. Cargill closed the salt mine, the world’s
largest, in February 1984.” Quotation is from Ralph
Nader and William Taylor,“The Big Boys,» Random
House (New York) 1986, p. 330.

‘Judge awards employees $1.2 million in race-
and sex-discrimination suits against Cargill

In October| 1984, a federal district judge imposed a

settlement of $1.2 million on Cargill, Inc. for race and

sex discrimingtion in hiring, firing, and promotion.
The settlement followed a suit filed by the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission and three class
action suits filed by current and former employees.
The case affeeted employees worldwide, including
workers at Cargill Salt in Lansing, New York.

STRIKE AGAINST CARGILL IS STILL GOING !!

CITY/COUNTY SALT CONTRACTS
QUESTIONED

COMMUNITY SUPPORT GROWING

Despite the recent ruling by the National Labor
Relations Board against the seit miners, they are

continuing their strike to save their union.
Their charges of unfair labor practices have not been

the only way the miners and their supporters

are attempting to force Cargill to negotiate in good

faith. Among other things, we are attempting to get

the city of Ithaca, Tompkins County and other

municipalities in New York and Pennsylvania to delay

contracting salt from Cargill until the strike is

settled. State laws on municipalities contracting

goods and services state that the "lowest resposible

ts must
bidder” must be accepted and that all contracts mu
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be "within the public interest”. : i
bids from “irresponsible

which supports agencies refusing
bidders and when it is “in the public interest” to do so.

The following is some of the evidence that has been
submitted to the Ithaca city attorney to prove our contention
that Cargill is both irresponsible and this it is not in

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the nuhlic interest tn contract salt fram them at thic time

Cargill fined as a result of its negli-
gence in June '82 Lansing mine death

e Mine Safety and Health Adminis-
tration fined Cargill $8000 after it
found that a supervisor failed to
provide safety belts and lines to two
salt miners killed in the Lansing mine.

Arbitrations concluding that Cargill Salt
fired workers without ,just cause

While under the direction of Mine Manager Gerry
Thornton, Cargill Salt has resorted at least twice to
discharge of employees in cases where only lesser
disciplinary action was warranted under the terms of
the contract with the I.A.M. Specifically, in cases
resolved July 29, 1985 (FMSC #85K/08236) and

November 26, 1985 (FMCS #85K16936), arbitrators
ruled that two workers were discharged without just

cause. Copies of the arbitrators’ rulings are available
from I.A.M., 638 Elmira Road, Ithaca, NY 14850.

Grievance charging that Cargill has
employed, and continues to employ,
non-union workers for union jobs \

In a grievance filed November 4, 1985 (grievance
#000038), the I.A.M. charged Cargill Salt with
contracting out on-premises trucking jobs that are
properly bargaining-unit positions. The grievance is
still pending.

j | PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CITY AND COUNTY REPRESENTA

TIVES ASKING TH
DELAY THE SALT CONTRACTS BIDDING!! i

SIGN OUR PETITION! !

= | CARGILL STRIKERS SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE
c/o Tompkins-Cortland Labor Coalition
i : 109 W. State St., ITHACA, N.Y. 272-4108

(NOT PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE)