Rhode Island Pepsi Bottlers Ratify Pact (8/31/11)

Local 513 members celebrate a new contract that raises wages and pension benefits.

The 130 RWDSU Local 513 members working at Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc., in Cranston, Rhode Island have a new four-year agreement that guarantees a three percent annunal wage increase and a three percent gain in pension benefits.

RWDSU members at Pepsi in Cranston work in production and as transport drivers for Pepsi products.

The negotiating committee included New England Joint Board President Tina Buonagurio, Local 513 President Dennis Beaulieu, and Local 513 members Carlos Alves, Pat McCabe, Gary Oliver, Buzzy Rowe and Bob Wright.