January 15, 2025 — Global foodservice distributor Sysco is calling on the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) to stop threatening strikes at its companies in multiple U.S. states, as the Teamsters Local 988 union in Houston, Texas, U.S.A., said it is “preparing to strike for a fair contract after the company abandoned negotiations.”
The potential strikes could impact deliveries of seafood and other products to hundreds of restaurants – including seafood-centric Pappas Restaurants and Cheesecake Factory – along with hospitals and other foodservice sites, as has happened during past Teamsters’ strikes against Sysco.