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Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 6 20170301

Eighty to 100 jobs gone from the local pepsi payroll, officials insist philadelphia s sugary drink tax, it is to blame n a statement to Eyewitness News teamsters local 830, Union Representing the soda industry workers, wrote quote our worst fears have been realized. Pepsi is reporting a 40 percent drop in Philadelphia Business since january 1st. The day that the tax went into effect. Pepsi employers 423 people in philadelphia. And we spoke to soda Union Treasurer danny grace by phone eventually this will catch up with us that the loss in sales, you know, dictates loss in jobs. The company evidently feels that you no longer sustain the losses that they are getting. Reporter numbers out just last week show that the tax raised 5. 7 milliondollar in jana lo ....

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Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 6 20170301

Eighty to 100 jobs gone from the local pepsi payroll, officials insist philadelphia s sugary drink tax, it is to blame n a statement to Eyewitness News teamsters local 830, Union Representing the soda industry workers, wrote quote our worst fears have been realized. Pepsi is reporting a 40 percent drop in Philadelphia Business since january 1st. The day that the tax went into effect. Pepsi employers 423 people in philadelphia. And we spoke to soda Union Treasurer danny grace by phone eventually this will catch up with us that the loss in sales, you know, dictates loss in jobs. The company evidently feels that you no longer sustain the losses that they are getting. Reporter numbers out just last week show that the tax raised 5. 7 milliondollar in jana lo ....

New Jersey , United States , New York , Atlantic City , Delaware County , West Chester , Thomas Jefferson University , Park Place , Halle Biden , Scott Pelley , William Charles Thomas , Cleve Bryan , Howie Roseman , Jim Kenney , Joe Biden , Eyewitness News , Union Representing , Worst Fears , Philadelphia Business , Soda Union , Union Treasurer , Team Points , Holding Firm , City Hall , David Spunt , Late Company ,