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Jobs

Sneaky Nabisco tries to outsource Teamster work

Local 206 filed suit in U.S. District Court saying Nabisco outsourced work, then refused to follow the grievance process.
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.
Collective bargaining

Portland Nabisco maintenance workers get raises

Machinists, electricians and operating engineers at the Mondelez-Nabisco bakery in Portland have new contract agreements.
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.
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

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.
Collective bargaining

Machinists win second grievance at Mondelēz  

Mondelēz agreed to pay $1,040 each to 34 Machinists Lodge 63 members for having subcontracted demolition work on a production line.
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.
Jobs

Mondelēz pays $33,493 to settle grievance over outsourcing Machinists work

The settlement ends a two-year battle over subcontracting work on a Portland bakery production line that makes Ritz crackers.
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

Machinists and electricians get raises of up to $10,000 at Nabisco

Bargaining dragged on and on. Then workers got ready to strike.
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 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.
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.
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