While workers had previously voted to go on strike last week, negotiations between Local 218 of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union and PepsiCo, Frito Lay s parent company, had continued in a bid to reach a deal.
Union leadership and management reached a tentative, two-year deal this week but roughly 400 of its members voted it down after two days of voting, which culminated Saturday.
Union members have criticized the company for working conditions at the plant and have pressed for a pay hike in their next deal.
Mark Benaka, business manager for Local 218, said the vote was overwhelming in its opposition to the proposed deal, which would have brought a 2% pay raise, as well as limits on mandatory overtime, among other items.
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