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Citing alleged tensions with management, perpetual turnover, safety concerns and unpredictable schedules, hourly employees at a Laramie cement plant voted to organize Wednesday.

Nearly 80 workers at the Mountain Cement Company plant will join the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers after a 40-26 vote and years of indecision about organizing amid a staunchly anti-union cultural and political environment in Wyoming. Only 5.6% of wage and salary employees in Wyoming last year were union members, down from a high of 13.4% in 1990, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics . The 2024 rate was well below the national average of 9.9%.

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