Public Pensions Are Financing Refresco’s Anti-Union Campaign in New Jersey

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Public Pensions Are Financing Refresco’s Anti-Union Campaign in New Jersey

When 250 Refresco workers at a bottling plant in Wharton, New Jersey, won a union election at the end of June, organizer Anthony Diaz thought he and his co-workers would soon start negotiating their contract.But that hasn’t happened. Instead, Refresco, known as the world’s largest independent bottler, launched an aggressive legal operation, employing a former high-ranking official with the National Labor Relations Board to delay certification.“T…