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Bakers Local 364
Collective bargaining
Sweet contract at Nabisco
More than three years after a bitter 40-day strike, Mondelez-Nabisco seems to have decided it wants labor peace.
People
Personnel changes
David Groves left the Washington State Labor Council after 32 years. Mike Burlingham left Bakers Local 364 to work for Oregon AFSCME.
Workers Rights
Nabisco defies overtime law
Senate Bill 1513 was written specifically to target overtime abuse at Nabisco’s Portland plant, but the company hasn't changed its actions.
In Memoriam
Victor Weekes 1945-2022
Victor T. Weekes Sr., a Nabisco worker and longtime officer of Bakers Local 364, died May 7 of multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer.
Oregon
Oregon bill would end last-minute overtime in bakeries
Workers at the Nabisco Portland bakery currently face discipline for refusing to work extra shifts, even when notified at the last minute.
Union democracy
New number two officer elected at Bakers Local 364
14-year Nabisco employee Mike Burlingham, a longtime union steward at Nabisco, outpolled longtime incumbent Victor Weekes.
Collective bargaining
Nabisco strike beats back demand for concessions
SOLIDARITY IS A MUSCLE In Portland and elsewhere, Nabisco strikers encountered extraordinary support, both on the picket lines and off. (Photo by Dan O’Donnell)
Collective bargaining
Nationwide Nabisco strike intensifies
‘No contract, no snacks’ Nabisco strikers are saying—their livelihoods on the line in a nationwide struggle against corporate greed.
Collective bargaining
Nabisco workers strike around the nation
It’s been a long time coming. Provoked by round after round of demands by Nabisco for concessions, the union BCTGM reached a breaking point.
People
Doctor Organizer: Joe Crane
In 2009, Joe Crane was working graveyard on the Portland Frito-Lay assembly line. Today he’s national organizing director at a doctors union.
Collective bargaining
Bakers in another standoff at Nabisco
The snack-maker, flush with profits amid a snack boom, is demanding further concessions from its main union.
Collective bargaining
Nabisco extends union contracts but closes plants
BCTGM agreed to extend nationwide contracts to the end of May and raise wage 2.25%. But Nabisco is closing plants in Georgia and New Jersey.
Jobs
Nabisco threatens more plant closures
If Nabisco closes its N.J. and Georgia plants in 2021, just three would remain: Portland, Chicago, and Richmond. And lots of Mexican product.
In Memoriam
Christ George Vokos, 1923-2020
Vokos was active in the Greek community and led Bakers Local 364 as secretary-treasurer from 1969 to 1985.
Collective bargaining
Four-year contract fight ends as Mondelēz-Nabisco struggles to keep workers on the job in the COVID crisis
The new national contract contains significant union concessions, ending the pension and giving the company the right to use temps during the COVID crisis.
Collective bargaining
Nabisco retirees condemn pension cuts
For members and retirees of Portland-based BCTGM Local 364, their union's fight to save pensions at Mondelēz Nabisco is  personal.
Collective bargaining
Nabisco back at the table with Bakers
In October and November, the two sides met for bargaining for the first time in more than two years.
Collective bargaining
Union bakers picket outside Portland home of Nabisco board member
The profitable company is halting pension contributions at the same time it pays its executives so much that even shareholders are gagging.
Collective bargaining
Nabisco unilaterally implements its terms on union workers
After two years without negotiations, Mondelēz-Nabisco is withdrawing from the union pension, and implementing annual raises of 2.25 percent.
Collective bargaining
Nabisco’s “final” final offer: $15,000 signing bonus
Two years after the union contract expired, Mondelēz/Nabisco offers workers $15,000 to agree to the company's final offer — and gives a May 20 deadline.
