Breakthru Beverage Teamsters Throughout Florida Win First Contract

[T-Link Reporter]

After months on the picket line, 160 Teamsters have won their strike against Breakthru Beverage at facilities across Florida.



Thanks to militancy and unity, they secured a first Teamsters contract with significant wage increases, stronger labor protections, and a guaranteed 40-hour workweek.



“Now we’ve got the power,” said Yuniel Sancillena, a Breakthru driver who helped lead the group’s original organizing effort with Teamsters Local 79. “We’re Teamsters. We’ve got it now. They can’t just play with us anymore.”





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