A-B Offers “Substantial Package” to Teamsters

Dear Client:  In its ongoing negotiations with the Teamsters Union, A-B told its distributor network in a memo yesterday that "Union leadership chose not to attend" a planned negotiation session in Florida earlier in the week.  Since "reopening a dialogue" is paramount to avoid a strike, A-B offered a "substantial package proposal" yesterday which addresses "many of the remaining open topics of negotiation, including wages, retirement and job security" in order to "keep the bargaining process moving forward".  The memo