Teamsters Launch U.S. Foodservice Workers United Website

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS147392+03-Nov-2009+PRN20091103

Tue Nov 3, 2009 10:22am EST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Brotherhood of
Teamsters launched a new website, U.S. Foodservice Workers United
(www.usfoodserviceworkers.org) today. The interactive website features company
information, discusses worker issues and provides tools and resources to
workers interested in raising standards at U.S. Foodservice. The website will
enable workers to share their own stories and connect with others from across
the country.

Rosemont, Ill. based-U.S. Foodservice, owned by private equity firms KKR and
CD&R, is the second largest foodservice distributor in the country and has
annual revenues of approximately $20 billion. The Teamsters represent 4,000 of
U.S. Foodservice's 27,000 employees.

"We are excited about launching this excellent platform for the members we
already represent at U.S. Foodservice and for those workers who want to
improve their work life at the company," said John Williams, Director of the
Teamsters Warehouse Division. "When all U.S. Foodservice workers are afforded
a decent standard of living and a voice on the job, the company's performance
will be enhanced and its future will become brighter. This website will no
doubt increase communication and collaboration amongst workers across this
company."

Recently, 250 U.S. Foodservice workers in Phoenix, Arizona successfully
organized a union with the Teamsters and are now negotiating their first
contract.

Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents more
than 1.4 million hard-working men and women in the United States, Canada and
Puerto Rico.


SOURCE International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Galen Munroe of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, [phone],
[e-mail]