Teamsters at Gardner Cryogenics Forced to Strike

https://teamster.org/2024/06/teamsters-at-gardner-cryogenics-forced-to-strike/

2024.06.14

Local 773 Members Demand Fair Contract, Witness Safety Concerns

Press Contact: Matt McQuaid Phone: (202) 624-6877 Email: mmcquaid@teamster.org

(BETHLEHEM, Pa.) — Members of Teamsters Local 773 at Gardner Cryogenics in Bethlehem, Pa., have been forced out on strike after the company refused to offer an acceptable collective bargaining agreement. Gardner Cryogenics Teamsters manufacture specialized tankers for transporting liquid helium and liquid hydrogen.

The 184 workers joined Local 773 in February of this year.

“Our members have an extremely specialized skill that deserves fair compensation,” said Dennis Hower, President of Local 773. “This greedy company thinks we will break, but that will not happen. Nothing our members are asking for is unreasonable, and we will win the benefits, wages, and working conditions that we deserve.”

Gardner Cryogenics’ parent company, Air Products, reported a staggering $12.6 billion in sales last year. Yet, the company is offering Local 773 members wages that are significantly below industry standards and health care benefits that fall well below average.

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