BCTGM Archives - nwLaborPress

Kellogg’s strike ends with major win for strikers

Jan 7, 2022

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.

Nabisco strike beats back demand for concessions

Sep 29, 2021

Bakers won the fight to keep what they have—and not give concessions—because of solidarity: their own, their co-workers, and their community.

Nationwide Nabisco strike intensifies

Sep 1, 2021

‘No contract, no snacks’ Nabisco strikers are saying—their livelihoods on the line in a nationwide struggle against corporate greed.

“They don’t know their workers”

Sep 1, 2021

David Woods is the lead union negotiator trying to bargain a new contract at Nabisco. We spoke with him by phone Aug. 26.

Nabisco workers strike around the nation

Aug 18, 2021

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.

Strike ends at Topeka, Kansas Frito-Lay plant

Aug 18, 2021

Workers struck for wage increases and an end to forced overtime, but got only very modest improvements in the modified employer offer.

Bakers in another standoff at Nabisco

Jun 2, 2021

The snack-maker, flush with profits amid a snack boom, is demanding further concessions from its main union.

Nabisco extends union contracts but closes plants

Mar 17, 2021

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.

Nabisco threatens more plant closures

Dec 2, 2020

If Nabisco closes its N.J. and Georgia plants in 2021, just three would remain: Portland, Chicago, and Richmond. And lots of Mexican product.

Four-year contract fight ends as Mondelēz-Nabisco struggles to keep workers on the job in the COVID crisis

Apr 20, 2020

The new national contract contains significant union concessions, ending the pension and giving the company the right to use temps during the COVID crisis.