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While workers had previously voted to go on strike last week, negotiations between Local 218 of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union and PepsiCo, Frito Lay's parent company, had continued in a bid to reach a deal. Union leadership and management reached a tentative, two-year deal this week but roughly 400 of its members voted it down after two days of voting, which culminated Saturday.  Union members have criticized the company for working conditions at the plant and have pressed for a pay hike in their next deal. Mark Benaka, business manager for Local 218, ...

Executives from the state's labor federation turned out Wednesday for the third picket outside Topeka's Frito-Lay plant this year. The protest, which drew executives from Kansas AFL-CIO and other local labor leaders, is likely the last picket union members at Topeka's Frito-Lay plant will hold before taking a vote on whether to accept or reject a recent contract proposal made by the company. If the contract offer doesn't pass, local union members may vote to strike. "We're here to support them," said John Nave, executive vice president of Kansas AFL-CIO. "These brothers and sisters out here...