Brewery & Soft Drink Member

News Updates

Headline News
April 20 -

Teamster drivers and warehouse workers in the Charleston and Logan areas have reached an agreement with Coca Cola after a brief strike Thursday.

Press Release
April 20 -

Teamsters Local 175 and Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated (CCBCC) have settled the strike that occurred earlier this morning.  Local 175 members at Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated (CCBCC) in Charleston and Logan went on strike early this morning to protest the Company’s failure to abide by the collective bargaining agreement.

Headline News
April 19 -

In what turned out to be a short picket, Coca-Cola resolved differences with the state Teamsters union after they went on strike Thursday morning.

Headline News
April 16 -

Local labor groups are disgusted by Coors, and not just because the watered-down adult beverage literally has no taste. The company that brews the beer enjoyed by many low-budget drinkers in the Bay Area has "tasteless anti-gay views" and labor practices.

Press Release
April 13 -

(SAN FRANCISCO) –Teamsters from four local unions and Joint Council 7 handbilled at the Giants home opener today to raise awareness about anti-gay and anti-immigrant policies by Coors Brewing Co. [NYSE: TAP], as well as the anti-immigrant behavior and worker abuses by DBI Beverage Inc., Coors’ distributor in Northern California.

Press Release
March 31 -

(SACRAMENTO) –Teamsters from four local unions and Joint Council 7 marched in the 12th Annual Cesar E. Chavez March today to raise awareness about anti-immigrant behavior, worker abuse and discrimination by DBI Beverage, the distributor of products by Coors Brewing Co. [NYSE: TAP] in Northern California.

Press Release
March 17 -

(SAN FRANCISCO) – More than 100 Teamsters marched in the St. Patrick’s Day parade today to raise awareness about anti-immigrant behavior, worker abuse and discrimination by DBI Beverage, the distributor of products by Coors Brewing Co. in Northern California.

Headline News
March 16 -

Four years ago, PepsiCo (PEP) began rolling out a wellness program that charges its employees $50 a month if they smoke or have obesity-related medical problems such as diabetes, hypertension, and high blood pressure.

Headline News
February 16 -

The United Brewery Workers records are now open and available for research within The Teamsters Labor History Research Center at George Washington University. Founded in 1886 as the National Union of Brewery Workmen, the union was largely composed of German immigrants, with its convention proceedings and publications printed in German until 1903 and bilingually until 1917.

Headline News
October 5 -

Fifty checkers and merchandisers at the Norcross, Georgia facility of American Bottling voted to become members of Teamsters Local 528 in Atlanta yesterday.