PepsiCo said Monday it’s shutting a Chicago bottling plant, an motion the Teamsters union states will definitely affect 150 workers.
PepsiCo said the selection was powerful but it defined the 60-year-old construction as a middle with “physical limitations.” The agency said it might actually pay workers for the next 60 days even if they won’t be wanted to operate.
Teamsters Local 727, which stands for the plant’s workers, said it was educated of the closure very early Monday in an e-mail despatched out by PepsiCo legal professionals. The union said PepsiCo went towards authorities regulation, which wants firms to offer 60 days’ notification of pending plant closures or mass discharges at areas with 50 or much more workers members.
“To lay off over a hundred Teamsters workers with no notice to them or the union, in violation of both our collective bargaining agreement and the law, is about as low as you can get,” John Coli Jr, the secretary-treasurer of Local 727, said in a declaration.
Coli said the union mentioned a brand-new settlement with PepsiCo this summer season season but had not been outlined a attainable closure. He said the union would possibly take lawsuit versus the agency.
PepsiCo said its methods fulfill “applicable legal requirements” and it’ll actually collaborate with the union
“Our top priority is to support our employees during this transition, and our commitment to serve Chicagoland remains strong,” PepsiCo said in a declaration.
Dee- ann Durbin, The Associated Press
