Woo-hoo! Another Teamster organizing victory in Ohio!

Please give a warm welcome to our 32 new brothers and sisters who work for Coca-Cola's Vending Service Department, repairing vending machines and fountain equipment in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. They recently voted to join Teamster Local 1199.

Randall Verst, president of Local 1199, said they'll join the 220 Teamsters working in production, maintenance, warehouse and fleet maintenance at Coca-Cola. Said Verst,

Their primary reason for joining our union was that they needed strong and dedicated representation with the employer for maintenance of their existing contract and negotiating for new contracts in the future.

The Coca-Cola workers of Local 1199 belong to the Teamsters Brewery and Soft Drink Workers Conference, which represents more than 60,000 workers in the United States and Canada.

Welcome!