It’s no surprise to Teamsters Local 830 or our colleagues
in the beverage industry that revenue generated by Philadelphia’s reviled
beverage tax has been much less than the city projected. We predicted it.
The city brought in about $6.5 million in beverage tax
revenue in April, which is a significant 7% drop from March when
tax revenue hit $7 million.
Meanwhile, the job loss carnage we predicted long ago has
hit with a vengeance – 155 of my hard working members have been laid off as a
result of tanking sales of beverages in the city due to this onerous tax.
That’s 155 Philadelphia families who are now struggling to make ends meet. And
that’s just our job losses; there have undoubtedly been hundreds of additional
layoffs at the beverage companies, supermarkets and convenience stores
throughout the city, just as we predicted.
Teamsters Local 830 and our beverage industry partners
hope to prevail in court and kill this economically destructive tax.
Let your anger be known – go to www.axthebevtax.com
to learn how.
Daniel H. Grace
Secretary/Treasurer
Teamsters Local 830
Source: Philadelphia
Business Journal
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