Your Teamster family is everywhere!!TEAMSTERS@WORK: PEZ Candy
Each day in Orange, Connecticut more than 8 million tabs of PEZ are created by Local 443 Teamsters.
Working in two-shifts, nearly 90 Teamsters manufacture, package and distribute the wildly popular candy. Teamsters perform the work wall-to-wall. They mill of the sugar, manufacture the compressed sugar tablets, monitor the candy’s quality and maintain the machinery. Teamsters also package, warehouse and ship the candy and the collectible dispensers to stores throughout the United States and Canada.
Originally created as a smoking cessation method in Austria in the 1920s, PEZ quickly became one of Europe’s most popular candies.. The company entered the United States market in 1952, but didn’t start manufacturing the tablets in the U.S. for another 20 years. The 45,000 square-foot Orange, Connecticut facility has been in operation since 1974. And the workers have been Teamster members since 1986.
The public can see the largest collection of PEZ memorabilia and learn about the company’s history at the PEZ Visitor Center. Open seven days a week, the center also allows tourists to catch a glimpse of the production through a series of windows.
“People have no idea that PEZ Candy is a Teamster-made product,” said Sal Abate, Local 443 Principal Officer. “Our members are proud that they are responsible for creating of one of the world’s most popular and recognizable candies."
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