Snap, Crackle, Strike: Workers At All Kellogg’s US Cereal Plants On Strike

06/10/2021 | Filed under: News | Posted by:
By Aaron Gregg — Workers at every one of Kellogg’s U.S. cereal factories went on strike Tuesday after negotiations unraveled over benefits and vacation time.

The strike covers about 1,400 workers at factories in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Tennessee that churn out such cupboard staples as Rice Krispies, Raisin Bran and Frosted Flakes. The workers are represented by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union, the same group that organized walkouts at Nabisco and Frito-Lay plants earlier this summer.

BCTGM president Anthony Shelton said Kellogg’s workers have been “working long, hard hours, day in and day out” to produce cereal for American families, but that the company has responded by cutting benefits and threatening to send jobs to Mexico.

“Kellogg is making these demands as they rake in record profits, without regard for the well-being of the hardworking men and women who make the products that have created the company’s massive profits,” Shelton said in a statement.

Kris Bahner, the company’s senior vice president for global corporate affairs, said Kellogg’s is disappointed in the union’s decision to strike. The company had offered a contract that increases pay and benefits for employees “while helping us meet the challenges of the changing cereal business,” Bahner said.

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