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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.
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