Members of Topeka's local Frito-Lay union just voted to strike. Here's what we know. [View all]

Members of the local union representing Frito-Lay workers have voted to strike.

After multiple rounds of mediated contract negotiations with the company yielded little progress, members of Local 218 of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers Union on Saturday voted to strike starting early next month.

According to Mark Benaka, business manager for Local 218, a total of 383 union members turned out for a series of membership meetings held Saturday in Topeka. He indicated a strike vote was taken during those meetings, with members overwhelmingly voting in favor of the boycott.

"A vote of 353-30 took them into a strike direction," Benaka said.

He said the strike is expected to take effect just after midnight on Monday, July 5. However, he noted Frito-Lay representatives indicated Sunday they wished to meet again with the union's contract negotiating committee before that date.

Read more: https://www.cjonline.com/story/business/2021/06/27/frito-lay-topeka-kansas-plant-union-local-218-vote-strike-july/5365737001/
(Topeka Capital-Journal)