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Coca-Cola Offers Insulting Economics Package, Ignores Vast Majority of Union Proposals

| November 23, 2015

With only one more day of contract negotiations on the calendar, management for Coca-Cola returned to the bargaining table with Local 727 on Monday admitting they “didn’t know where to begin.”

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Coca-Cola Dances Around Proposals With Local 727, But Agrees to Bargaining Dates

Coca-Cola Dances Around Proposals With Local 727, But Agrees to Bargaining Dates

| November 20, 2015

Despite agreeing to a 10 a.m. start time on Friday, Nov. 20, Coca-Cola representatives finally sat down at the bargaining table after 2 p.m. for what was originally the final day of new contract negotiations.

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LOCAL 727 REACHES TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON NEW 4-YEAR REYES/GREAT LAKES COCA-COLA CONTRACT

| November 20, 2015

Teamsters Local 727 reached tentative agreement on a new four-year contract for 600 members at Reyes/Great Lakes Coca-Cola. Final negotiations stretched late into the night on Nov. 19 as the Bargaining Committee hammered out final details for strong wage increases, important benefits and fortified rights for drivers, bulk, merchandisers, laborers and all other Reyes Teamsters.

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Teamster Members: Apply Now for Women’s Committee Scholarships

Teamster Members: Apply Now for Women’s Committee Scholarships

| November 19, 2015

Five $1,000 Awards Will Be Given to Teamsters Continuing Their Education The Teamsters Joint Council 25 Women’s Committee scholarship program is aimed at assisting Teamsters who are continuing their education. The Women’s […]

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Coca-Cola Stubbornly Sticks to Unreasonable Proposals, Stalls With One Day Left to Negotiate

| November 18, 2015

For the seventh consecutive bargaining session, Coca-Cola has wasted the time of the Teamsters Local 727 Bargaining Committee by refusing to budge from its unreasonable contract proposals.

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