Hundreds of Coke employees going on strike

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.nwcn.com/home/Coke-employees-strike-101348214.html

by KING 5 News

NWCN.com

Posted on August 23, 2010 at 6:31 PM

Updated yesterday at 10:28 PM

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Approximately 500 Coke employees from the Teamsters Union went on strike Monday afternoon.

The strike impacts six locations in Western Washington. Members are picketing outside the Bellevue location tonight.

The union says Coke plans on closing several locations despite making a large profit.

According to the union, approximately 500 Coke employees from six Teamster Locals across Western Washington went on strike at 5 p.m. Monday in response to the Company’s surveillance and intimidation of its employees and its refusal to bargain a contract in good faith.

The union says the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is investigating the company for serious and repeated violations of federal labor law, including “surface bargaining”, surveillance of its employees, and threatening to retaliate against workers for engaging in protected activities.

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