Federal agency issues pro-union ruling for 80 Sarasota grocery drivers

Workers from a McIntosh Road grocery distribution center will be allowed to seek union representation with the Teamsters.

By Elizabeth King
| 2:45 p.m. April 18, 2024

Manatee-Sarasota

The National Labor Relations Board has ruled to allow a union to represent dozens of Sarasota workers, despite a protest from their employer. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 79 asked the board, an independent federal agency, to represent 80 drivers in Sarasota and one in Miami who work for wholesale grocery distributor United Natural Foods and Albert's Organics (UNFI).