Sixty-one warehouse workers from Teamsters Local 688 in Saint Louis are striking against Breakthru Beverage Missouri (formerly Major Brands), citing a failure by the company to negotiate over so-called “boiler plate” contract issues.
“We’ve had labor contracts going with them for years and years and never had a problem. When Breakthru bought Major Brands suddenly everything that we do is an issue for them,” says Local 688 executive officer Chris Tongay…