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Pepsi workers in New Jersey reject new contract with additional givebacks
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Militant/Nancy Rosenstock
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| Picket line in front of Pepsi Bottling Co. plant in Piscataway, New Jersey, June 1, where 700 union members of Teamsters Local 125 rejected company contract. The strike includes other plants throughout New Jersey. John Fifick, shop steward, explained that the new contract includes "a flex workweek" that "will enable them to pay us straight time for Saturday and Sunday." The union wants a 4 percent wage increase while the company’s offer stands at 1 percent. |