More than 100 workers at Mauser Packaging Solutions in Chicago are continuing their monthslong strike, after rejecting the global packaging company’s latest union contract offer.

Members of the Teamsters Local 705 unanimously voted 120-0 on Wednesday against accepting Mauser’s offer. Union members told the Oak Brook-based company they are willing to continue negotiating this weekend and next week, said Nicolas Coronado, chief negotiator for the Teamsters Local 705.

Striking workers at the Mauser plant in Little Village are demanding livable wages, safe work conditions, guaranteed break times and measures to prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from entering the workplace without a judicial warrant.

“We have maintained that we are eager to get back to work, but we need

See Full Page