Teamsters Local 863 is home to about 1300 workers employed at a C&S Wholesale Grocers warehouse in Woodbridge, N.J. C&S has determined that it will be more cost-effective to close the warehouse and move its operations out of New Jersey. The result of this prudent business decision: Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac, along with state and local labor leaders, set up a blue ribbon panel, and commissioned the Center for Labor & Community Research to create an economic impact study. The report bears the accusatory title, “Economic Treason: Case Study of the C&S Wholesale Grocers and the Destruction of New Jersey Jobs.” It is quite certain the report did not delve into the economic impact that the Teamsters union had on C&S’s decision to move out.
