All workers want respect, fair pay and affordable health care. These are the reasons that drivers at Sysco South Florida in Medley,FL have voted to join Teamsters Local 769 and the second organizing victory in less than three weeks at Sysco for the Teamsters.
The vote count was 100-25 in favor of joining the union and there are 132 drivers in the bargaining unit. Sysco South Florida workers chose Teamster representation because they want a fair transparent pay system and a legally-binding contract that protects their wages, better working conditions and seniority rights.
“The company needs to stop messing with our pay, they have been cutting our pay left and right,” said Robert Anz, a driver and nine-year employee. “Joining the Teamsters feels great—we’re moving in the right direction to make the changes we need.”
“This victory continues the strong worker organizing momentum at Sysco in South Florida,” said Josh Zivalich, President of Local 769 in Miami. “Sysco workers are tired of the way Sysco is mistreating them and they are demanding change now.”
Steve Vairma, International Vice President and Warehouse Division Director, said Sysco workers across the country are standing together to fight for change. In late January, 116 Sygma Sysco workers in the Detroit area voted to become Teamsters.
“Rather than valuing its hardworking employees who make this company successful, Sysco continues to disrespect it employees, flagrantly violate the law when they seek union representation, and still demand that they work harder and faster,” Vairma said. “Like more than 1,000 workers across the country in recent months, Sysco South Florida workers are saying ‘enough is enough’ and standing together to take action.”
The workers at Sysco in Miami join their brothers and sisters from Sysco West Palm Beach and Fresh Point, a Sysco subsidiary, both organized in recent years and currently enjoying the rights of their first contracts.
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