![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Representatives of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers’ International union (BCTGM) said Nabisco workers decided to strike after negotiations with Mondelz International the Chicago-based owner of Nabisco failed to yield an. “They literally went from night to day on the issue,” Gilmartin said. Oreo maker accused of alleged ‘corporate greed’ as contract negotiations teeter. On Friday, Tom Gilmartin, secretary and treasurer of Teamsters Local 559, called the agreement “very positive.” Gilmartin said employees were particularly pleased by the company’s decision to guarantee union jobs if Nabisco chooses to use subcontractors for some deliveries. The new four-year contract also provides wage increases and doubles pension benefits for 120 truck drivers and warehouse workers. Kellogg workers the latest to down tools over COVID-led compensation issues. Workers picketed Nabisco warehouses in Glastonbury Methuen, Mass. 15, and employees went on strike May 14 when talks broke down between Nabisco and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Truck drivers and warehouse workers in three states voted 98-2 to accept the new agreement. Workers say these cutbacks would cost them tens of thousands of dollars a year in wages. One Nabisco worker in Virginia warned of the treachery. Nabisco’s parent company, Mondelz International, is trying to take away workers’ pensions, increase their health care deductible to 4,000, stop paying time and a half for weekend work and outsource workers’ jobs. Nabisco workers on strike for nearly three weeks approved a new contract Thursday night that limits the company’s use of subcontractors, an issue that caused negotiations to falter last month. Nabisco and Frito-Lay workers, whose strikes earlier this year were sold out by the BCTGM, expressed their support for Kellogg’s workers. ![]()
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