Cargill faces "unfair labour practice charges" from Teamsters in lockout dispute

[MichMan]

1. I'm having trouble understanding this

Teamsters Local 455 has accused Minnesota-headquartered Cargill of not paying staff in a dispute that saw the business pause production at the beef site in May after locking out more than 1,700 workers.

That lockout is still in motion, Teamsters Local 455, the regional arm of Teamsters, said in a statement yesterday (10 June).

Dean Modecker, the secretary-treasurer of the Teamsters’ unit, said: “Cargill is hurting working families in Fort Morgan by illegally cutting benefits and refusing to pay its own workforce after now locking them out for multiple weeks.

If the old contract has expired, the proposed one was voted down by the Teamsters, and Cargill implemented a lockout, why would the workers still be expecting to get pay and benefits?