USA: Kellogg's cereal plant workers go on strike demanding a 'fair contract' after negotiations fail
"Kellogg's U.S. cereal plant workers go on strike", 5 October 2021
About 1,400 Kellogg Co cereal plant employees went on a strike...hoping to get the packaged foods maker to negotiate...a "fair contract" for the workers.
The Froot Loops cereal maker has been negotiating the payment and benefits terms of a new contract - the existing one expired at midnight on Monday - with union workers for a while now.
Kellogg has demanded that workers give up quality health care, retirement benefits, and holiday and vacation pay, said Anthony Shelton, president of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union.
Shelton said Kellogg has threatened to send additional jobs to Mexico if workers do not accept its proposals.
However, Kellogg...said its compensation and benefits for U.S. cereal plant employees were among the industry's best.
"We are disappointed by the union's decision to strike ... our offer includes increases to pay and benefits for our employees," Kellogg spokesperson Kris Bahner said...
The workers went on strikes at plants in Battle Creek, Michigan, Omaha, Nebraska, Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Memphis, Tennessee...