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Collective bargaining
Kellogg’s strike ends with major win for strikers
An estimated 1,400 strikers returned to work at Kellogg's as of Dec. 27. The strike was a pretty clear win for BCTGM members.
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
“They don’t know their workers”
David Woods is the lead union negotiator trying to bargain a new contract at Nabisco. We spoke with him by phone Aug. 26.
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.
Collective bargaining
Strike ends at Topeka, Kansas Frito-Lay plant
Workers struck for wage increases and an end to forced overtime, but got only very modest improvements in the modified employer offer.
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.
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.
Trade
Interfaith Worker Justice releases report on Mondelēz decision to shift production to Mexico
Faith group says owners of the iconic Oreo brand treat working people like a commodity.
Buying Union
Union-made gift ideas
Buying any gifts this holiday season? If you buy union, you help keep good jobs in the community, and vote with your dollars for enterprises that pay your fellow workers a living wage with benefits.
Buying Union
Outside a Portland Walmart: The Nabisco Boycott Day of Action
With actions outside 100 stores nationwide, the union boycott against Mexican-made Nabisco products isn't going away any time soon.
Collective bargaining
Faith group investigates conditions among Nabisco workers in Mexico
A staffing agency buses in Nabisco's Monterrey workforce, who work 12 hour shifts for under $2 an hour.
Buying Union
Mexican-made Nabisco boycott continues, and so does union standoff
Laid-off workers tour college campuses and protest at the annual shareholders meeting.
