Fred the Baker says: Time to negotiate with Local 25.

  At a rally on Thursday, July 22, Teamsters and other union members from Boston and around New England gathered in Boston's Financial District to protest Dunkin Donuts' treatment of its drivers.  GBLC affiliates made their presence felt at the rally, and many union leaders spoke alongside ST Rogers, Representative Martin Walsh and Senator Ken Donnelly.

The following is an excerpt of a Press Release from Teamsters' Local 25:

'Several hundred Teamsters Local 25 members from Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire, along with labor and legislative leaders from across the state, descended on the financial district Dunkin’ Donuts Thursday morning to bring attention to the company’s continued attack on their employees. 

“It’s obvious to all of us that after 24 negotiating sessions lasting over 11 months,  Dunkin’ Donuts Northeast DCP is committed to breaking the union,” Teamsters Local 25 President Sean O’Brien said. “Instead of wasting the franchisees’ money by hiring union-busting law firms and trying to negotiate decreases in current benefits, the company should be using their resources to improve the employees’ health care, wages and working conditions. What amazes me is that even after all of our sessions the company still wants to take away benefits the employees currently enjoy.”  

Local 25 had been negotiating with Dunkin’  Donuts’ largest distributor, Northeast DCP, for the past 11 months until last Friday, July 16. Despite their best efforts, negotiators from Local 25 were unable to make any progress toward resolving any of the outstanding issues with Dunkin’ Donuts during the federally mediated bargaining session.'