Posts tagged Coca-Cola
Pittsburgh-Area Coca-Cola Driver Slams Teamsters With Federal Charges for Threatening Firing Over Refusal to Fund Union Politics
July 7, 2025 // Hammaker’s charges go on to challenge the fact that Teamsters union officials’ policies force workers to “affirmatively opt out of paying for non-chargeable expenditures” (if such requests are accepted at all), as opposed to letting workers voluntarily opt in to such support. Moreover, “the Union has violated the Act by failing to inform [Hammaker] and similarly situated employees of the true amount of dues they are required to pay” under Beck to stay employed, the charges conclude.
Coca-Cola union members strike in southwest Fort Wayne
March 12, 2025 // Some Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated union members in Fort Wayne are protesting what they say are unfair labor practices by the plant. Teamsters Local 414 is on strike at the Coca-Cola plant on Airport Expressway Monday morning.
Teamsters strike over 2 grievances while larger issues remain unresolved
May 10, 2023 // Kimberling, who has been part of the negotiating team, said workers are upset with moves by Coca-Cola to direct ship to Sheetz and use smaller vendors to deliver fountain supplies to restaurants and stores. “They want to direct ship that and take it from us and when they do that it takes our jobs away and we just can’t stand for loss of jobs,” Kimberling said. “Jobs are valuable and we are fighting for them.” Local 175, which covers the Charleston and Logan areas, received support Tuesday from other Teamsters locals in Bluefield, Parkersburg and Clarksburg. Perdue said about 200 workers were taking part in the work stoppage.
Teamsters have voted to strike at Philly area’s largest Coca-Cola distributor
April 17, 2023 // Unionized warehouse workers, drivers, and sales staff at the region’s largest Coca-Cola bottler and distributor voted to strike on Sunday, Teamsters Local 830 leadership said. “Liberty Coca-Cola has treated my members and the entire [bargaining] process with disdain,” Local 830 Secretary-Treasurer Daniel H. Grace said in a statement. He said the company was not offering satisfactory compensation or benefits to workers, and called the most recent contract proposal “insulting.” The unionized workforce of about 400 was setting up a picket line at 725 E. Erie Ave., the Philadelphia plant where Liberty bottles Coke, Dasani water, Powerade, Monster Energy, Gold Peak iced tea, and other brands.
Coca-Cola union considering going on strike
January 27, 2022 // A local Coca-Cola union discussed the possibility of going on strike today. This comes after a ransomware attack on the Coca-Cola Consolidated Bottling Company’s payroll system, Kronos.