Despite union leadership not recommending the latest contract offer from Frito-Lay, union members on strike voted Friday to approve the proposal.
That vote to ratify the contract an offer made after three straight days of negotiations between Frito-Lay and the union representing workers at its Topeka plant brings a nearly three-week-long labor strike outside the plant to an end.
Members of Local 218 of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union voted Friday to approve an offer that gives all union members a 4% pay raise over two years and guarantees workers at least one day off each week. The last offer from the company was accepted by the membership this evening, said Mark Benaka, business manager for Local 218. Strike over.
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