US: National Ready Mixed Concrete has suspended pay and healthcare cover for over 300 locked-out drivers, mechanics and bulk material haulers at 10 of its sites in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura Counties. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters union has reported that the workers, its members, rejected a new contract offered by the company. It reportedly included cuts to seniority-related job security, expansions of managerial control and ‘substandard’ wages. The union has demanded an immediate end to the lockout, full reinstatement of affected workers and a restart of negotiations.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters says that it has filed ‘multiple’ unfair labour practice charges against National Ready Mixed Concrete over its alleged surface bargaining and bad faith conduct.
The union noted its success in contract negotiations with local producer Catalina Pacific Concrete earlier in July 2025, where the parties concluded a contract on favourable terms for workers, including real wage increases.