July 8, 2020
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PepsiCo honors Bill Jackson with a banner and his picture on a can of Pepsi for his 50 years of service as an employee at the company’s
distribution center in northeast Portland.
Honored for 50 Years of Service
Bill Jackson, a lifetime member of Port-
land’s African American community, is
being honored for 50 years of service with
PepsiCo.
“Bill, thank you for your dedication to
this company and your community. May
we all gain inspiration from your incred-
ible legacy here at PesiCo,” a company
proclamation declared.
Jackson has a passion for giving back
by mentoring under-privileged black chil-
dren in the community as well as men-
toring new hires at Pepsi for the past
40 years. He is also a leader for driving
conversations on race in Portland and
the workplace, making sure the topic is
addressed in an appropriate manner and
helping to ensure different perspectives
have been considered.
Up until five years ago, Jackson held
two jobs, as a nigh loader with Pepsi,
and security for Portland Public Schools.
Since then, he has maintained his full-
time Pepsi job on dayshift as a replenish-
er, checker and transport unloader.
“He truly exemplifies the meaning of
‘hard work, and for the first 30 years of
his career, worked full time with Pepsi
at night and also worked fulltime at Fred
Meyer during the day,” company officials
said.
Jackson also was recently honored by
having a new street named for him, inside
the re-developed five block area for Pesi-
Co’s new distribution center north of San-
dy Boulevard, between Northeast 25th
and 27th Avenues, which also includes
new space for housing.
Before joining Pepsi in 1970, Jackson
served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Bill Jackson is
pictured in front
of the new street
named in his
honor for the
redevelopment
of a PepsiCo
distribution
center inside
a 5-block area
north of Sandy
Boulevard,
between 25th
and 27th Avenues
that also includes
new space for
housing. Jackson
has been an
employee for the
company since
1970