NYC Officials and Union Leaders Rally to Save Over 700 Local Dairy Jobs Threatened by Starbucks

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New York City Elected Officials and Union Leaders Rally to Save Over 700 Local Dairy Jobs Threatened by Starbucks' Action

Move by Starbucks to Shift to Out-of-City Milk Supplier Threatens Closure of NYC's Last Remaining Dairy Plant, Jeopardizing Hundreds of Jobs and Potentially Increasing the Cost of Milk for City Residents and Public Schools

NEW YORK, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- New York City elected officials, neighborhood grocers, Teamsters Local 584 leaders and workers rallied on the steps of City Hall today to demand Starbucks Corporation drop plans to shift its source of milk from Elmhurst Dairy in Queens to a non-union plant out of the City by the end of this week. Starbucks' action could force the City's last remaining dairy processor to close, leading to the loss of over at least 700 jobs at the Jamaica facility and its related distribution operation.

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Elmhurst Dairy is the sole provider of milk to 8,300 independent small grocery stores citywide as well as over 1,400 NYC public schools. The closure of Elmhurst Dairy would eliminate the last local competitor to out-of-state milk distributors, potentially disrupting milk deliveries to neighborhood grocers and inevitably increasing the cost of milk for both consumers and the City school system.

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