Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and IBT General President Sean M. O’Brien Will Defend Workers at Tuesday Morning Rally

Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien will call on Mauser Packaging Solutions, Inc to end the lockout of workers at a rally on Tuesday, April 22 at 9:30 a.m. at the company’s Industrial Container Services (ICS) facility in Seattle. O’Brien will be joined by prominent elected officials, including Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and King County Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda, as well as labor leaders like April Sims, President of the WSLC, AFL-CIO and Paul Dascher, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters 117. 

“We won’t allow a huge multinational like Mauser to bully workers who are speaking out for better conditions,” said Sean M. O’Brien, General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. “These workers are the company’s bread and butter and deserve to be treated with respect. Mauser needs to end this brutal lockout, stop harming workers and the Seattle community, and bargain a fair contract with sustainable hours and family-supporting pay.”

Mauser Packaging Solutions, Inc. shut the doors on a group of 20 members of Teamsters 117 who repurpose steel barrels at the company’s ICS facility on April 14. The company unexpectedly initiated the lockout during contract negotiations. Workers have been picketing at the facility since then, calling on the company to end the lockout and bargain in good faith.

WHO:
Sean M. O’Brien, Teamsters General President
Bruce Harrell, Seattle Mayor
Teresa Mosqueda, King County Councilmember
April Sims, WSLC, AFL-CIO President
Paul Dascher, Teamsters 117 Secretary-Treasurer
Locked Out Workers at Mauser Packaging Solutions/ICS
Community Supporters                       

WHAT/WHEN:

END THE MAUSER LOCKOUT RALLY
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
9:30 A.M.

WHERE:
Industrial Container Services/Mauser Packaging Solutions
7152 1st Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98108