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Local 653 Members Go on Strike in Massachusetts, Picket Line Extends to Sysco Arizona as Hundreds of Workers Prepare to Take Action Nationwide
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — More than 300 employees at Local 653 have walked off the job at Sysco Boston, lower than three days after greater than 230 members of Local 317 went on an unfair labor follow (ULP) strike at Sysco Syracuse in New York.
The determination to strike got here after administration supplied a “last, best, final” provide that may strip their important employees of high-quality union well being insurance and deny Local 653 members their union pension.
“We are currently striking Sysco over unfair labor practice charges and economics, pension, wages, health care, the whole bit,” stated Trevor Ashley, a 20-year driver at Sysco Boston and member of Local 653. “We’ve been called essential workers for the longest time and now it’s just empty words. We are working under grueling conditions. Some of us are working 14, 15, 16 hours a day, six days a week. We deserve more, and we aren’t going to stop until we get it.”
The strike started at 12:01 a.m. yesterday, one minute after the employees’ contract ended. Shortly after employees went on strike at Sysco Boston, Local 653 prolonged their picket line to Sysco Arizona, the place greater than 250 members at Local 104 are at present honoring the road.
“Workers around the country are rising up at Sysco to demand what they deserve. The Teamsters are done letting this company take advantage of its workers. Our members are essential, united, and fighting back. This is only the beginning,” stated Tom Erickson, Director of the Teamsters Warehouse Division.
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SOURCE International Brotherhood of Teamsters
