(FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS) – Drivers and Warehouse Workers employed at Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits Distribution Facility in Farmers Branch, Texas, have decided - overwhelmingly, to join Teamsters Local 745.

“I am thrilled to welcome these Workers into our Teamster Family,” Brent Taylor, Teamsters Southern Region Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer of Local 745, said of the 250-Member Bargaining Unit. “When over two hundred Workers come together to demand respect and a fair return on their work, it’s a proud moment for them, their families and their community.”

Rod Cuevas, Recording Secretary and Organizer/Business Agent at Local 745, said: “When this group contacted me back in October, they were already fired up to exercise their rights and make things better for themselves and their Co-Workers.  Then the Drivers started reaching out to the Warehouse Workers and it spread like wildfire.”

The Teamsters Brewery, Bakery & Soft Drink Conference negotiated a Card-Check Agreement with the company.  

Once the Workers’ Union Authorization Cards were counted, the company formally recognized Local 745 as the Bargaining Agent for the group.

“When we contacted Local 745, we hadn’t had a raise in six years,” said Terrington Lawson, a Warehouse Worker employed at the Farmers Branch Facility. “We knew that wasn’t right and that if anything was going to change, we had to fight for it ourselves.”

Saul Martinez Jr., a Driver, said: “We started talking and then we reached out to the Teamsters who helped give us the skills we needed to organize our Co-Workers and win this victory.  Now we’re excited about bargaining our first-ever Teamster contract.”

Teamsters Local 745 represents Workers in a wide variety of industries throughout the Dallas-Ft. Worth area and the surrounding communities.

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