Overview
- Teamsters Local 320 reported a tentative three-year contract that the union says includes a 20.5% wage increase over three years and access to health insurance through the Teamsters, and it scheduled a ratification vote for the next day.
- Roughly 125 county employees have been on strike since early May, making up about 30 percent of Chisago County staff and including health and human services workers and government center professionals.
- Union leaders described the settlement as a major win for members and framed the deal as the result of sustained solidarity and pressure during the work stoppage.
- Chisago County had not issued a public comment about the reported agreement at the time the union announced the tentative deal.
- The walkout stretched for nearly four months and disrupted local services, though state records show it is not the longest public-sector strike in Minnesota history.