Coca-Cola workers vote to authorize strike at Niles, Alsip plants

WLS logo
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Coca-Cola
This July 15, 2013 file photo shows cans of Coca-Cola in Doral, Fla.
ktrk-AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File

NILES, Ill. (WLS) -- A possible strike is bubbling up at two suburban Coca-Cola plants. Union workers in Niles and Alsip voted to authorize a strike against the beverage giant.

Members of Teamsters Local 727 could hit the picket lines by Wednesday morning. Their contract expires Tuesday at midnight.