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Nabisco
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.
Trade
Work slows at Portland plant as Nabisco shifts production to Mexico
Week-long plant shutdowns prompt 18 U.S. Senators to write to company CEO.
Collective bargaining
Nabisco union standoff leads to wave of retirements
Representatives of Mondelēz unions from around the world will meet in Chicago Sept. 20-21.
Buying Union
Laid-off Nabisco workers travel the country to boycott Mexican-made Oreos
In Portland, a laid-off Chicago worker delivers a message: The fight is bigger than Mondelēz
Collective bargaining
Union standoff widens at Nabisco
BCTGM says Mondelēz’ Mexican workers are represented by a bogus company-dominated union.
Buying Union
Laid-off Nabisco workers push Mexican Oreo boycott
Boycott education teams of laid-off workers will travel the country starting in the Chicago area.
Collective bargaining
Nabisco recruiting strikebreakers before union bargaining begins
Ads seek temporary workers at $28 an hour “for a possible labor dispute.”
Buying Union
Furor over Mexican Oreos, but no union boycott
Stop eating Oreo cookies? Not so fast, says the Bakers Union.
Buying Union
How to tell if your Oreo Is union-made
An inkstamp on each package tells you where it was made — if you know what to look for.
