Employees of RC Cola, a division of Cadbury-Schweppes, voted to become Teamsters earlier this year. It’s the first union job for many of them and they are looking forward to being part of their first union contract. The drivers, merchandisers and pre-salesmen are all included in the new unit.  

“We learned that employees of the other facilities in Louisville and Seymour were union and that they were being paid more than we were,” said Manuel Guitierrez Jr., a pre-salesman. “I’ve been working here for two years and the company hasn’t yet told us about sick leave or personal time. Now I understand that these will be printed in our union contract.”

“We won big when we got all of the job classifications into the bargaining unit,” said Tom Vincent, President of Local 783. “The company tried to resist the organizing drive, but the employees knew what they wanted—and we won!”