WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE)– Sysco truck chauffeurs went on strike in Warwick on Tuesday.
The strike happened at Buckhead Beef, a warehouse owned by Sysco.
” We’re really having the clients come here and really put the products in their individual lorries. And drive any place, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, to their dining establishments,” stated Justin, who has actually been a chauffeur for Sysco 19 years.
” Get us back on the roadway and service these clients the proper way, so they do not need to toss chicken and frozen foods in the back of their truck,” he included.
Motorists from the Plympton storage facility have actually been on strike given that Oct. 1., getting in touch with New England’s wholesale food supplier to offer unjust labor practices, issues over salaries, health care, and other advantages.
” To have these things is a need. With the economy the method it is, we are simply attempting to play capture up today,” included Justin. ” A few of these men have actually been here 25 to thirty years.”
Justin stated the employees were stunned “to be removed like something on the bottom of their shoe, it was unmatched.”
The food supplier serves assisted living home, health centers, and schools.