{"id":132969,"date":"2026-02-13T22:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T22:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/132969\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T22:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T22:14:08","slug":"union-represented-belgioioso-cheese-workers-ratify-new-contract-that-secures-higher-wages-for-180-teamster-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/132969\/","title":{"rendered":"Union-Represented BelGioioso Cheese Workers Ratify New Contract That \u2018Secures Higher\u2019 Wages For 180 Teamster Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Workers at the BelGioioso Cheese Facility in Campbell, New York – represented by Rochester\u2019s Teamsters Local 118, have ratified a new contract. The agreement secures higher wages and strengthens job protections for 180 Workers who are responsible for the production, maintenance and distribution of Polly-O cheeses across the region. Local 118 President Tim Barbeto said: \u201cOur Members made it clear they expected a contract that respected their work and that\u2019s exactly what we achieved. This agreement raises wages, improves benefits and strengthens the workplace protections our Members rely on every day.\u201d The contract clarifies workplace rules, improves the posting process for line lead positions, limits the use of Temporary Workers and strengthens rules around seniority and job assignments. Union Steward Thomas Didas added: \u201cThis contract protects our jobs and gives us a \u2018stronger voice at work.\u2019 We finally feel respected for the essential role we play in producing and shipping thousands of Polly-O Cheese Products.\u201d<\/p>\n

To Directly Access This Labor News Report, Go To: Teamsters at BelGioioso Cheese Ratify Contract \u2013 LaborPress<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Workers at the BelGioioso Cheese Facility in Campbell, New York – represented by Rochester\u2019s Teamsters Local 118, have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5177,9,11,10,49,51,50,5178,5179],"class_list":{"0":"post-132969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-labor-news","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-news","12":"tag-new-york-state","13":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-state-news","15":"tag-western-new-york","16":"tag-wny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}