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SYSCO TEAMSTERS RATIFY NEW CONTRACT
More than 50 drivers at Sysco in Spokane, Washington, represented by Teamsters Local 690, have ratified a new four-year collective bargaining agreement that delivers a 34 percent wage increase, reduced health care costs, higher pension contributions, and expanded vacation time.
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