Putting beer supply staff are again on the job supplying thirsty New Yorkers after a two-day work stoppage with a brand new contract, their union mentioned Thursday.
The supply and distribution staff reached a take care of administration for “a strong new union contract with improved pensions,” in response to the union.
“The new contract still needs to be ratified by the members, but it protects and improves the pensions. It is a significant victory,” mentioned a union consultant.
Unionized staff of Manhattan Beer and Beverage Distributors had walked off the job Tuesday, the day their contract expired, over an unfair labor observe cost, accusing administration of circumventing the union and making an attempt to deal straight with staff.
The placing staff, represented by the Laundry, Distribution and Meals Service Joint Board, Employees United/SEIU, mentioned they had been additionally being pressured into permitting the corporate to go away the pension plan.
Greater than 400 of the 600 unionized staff took half within the pickets on the distributor’s Hunts Level headquarters on E. 149th St. within the Bronx and at different services owned by the corporate on Metropolitan Ave. in Ridgewood, Queens, in addition to in Wyandanch, L.I., and Suffern, N.Y., within the Hudson Valley, the union mentioned.
Manhattan Beer staff provide bars, eating places, delis and groceries all through New York Metropolis, Westchester, Lengthy Island and the Hudson Valley with beer, wine and cider with their fleet of 350 vans.
“We’re pleased to announce we’ve reached an agreement and the strike is over,” mentioned Simon Bergson, CEO and founding father of Manhattan Beer Distributors.
