Hormel Foods Corporation and the United Food and Commercials Workers Union Local 663 have announced a tentative agreement on a new contract covering four plants in Minnesota, Georgia, Wisconsin and Iowa. Four unions representing workers at these facilities cooperated in negotiating an acceptable agreement.
If ratified by union members, the agreement will provide labor stability over the coming four years. Negotiations have been contentious with the Union rejecting initial offers from the Company although Hormel remained optimistic that an accord would be reached without a strike.