“Today’s layoff of the first 277 employees from the Nabisco Chicago Bakery should not be seen as the end of the Union’s fight to save these American jobs, but rather the launch of an intensified effort to educate the American consumer on the transfer of this work from the hard working employees of Chicago to… Continue reading An Anniversary We Won’t Soon Forget
Bakery Workers Express Astonishment over Nabisco CEO Irene Rosenfeld’s $20M Pay Day While Company Continues to Ruin American Communities KENSINGTON, Md., March 30, 2016 – Today, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM), which represents nearly 4,000 members at Mondelēz International, maker of Nabisco snack products, expressed its shock and disappointment… Continue reading Press Release: Nabisco CEO Irene Rosenfeld’s $20M Pay Day While Company Continues to Ruin American Communities
Representatives of the BCTGM and the International Union of Food Workers (IUF) will meet in Chicago this week for an International Trade Union Meeting that will focus on defending quality jobs at Mondelēz International around the globe. The IUF and its affiliates represent 2.5 million workers in 126 countries. The Chicago meeting on September 20… Continue reading BCTGM, IUF Meet for Summit on Mondelēz Global Outsourcing
In a June 15 letter to Mondelēz CEO Irene Rosenfeld, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) conveyed his unease over the company’s shift of production from U.S. bakeries to facilities in Mexico. Telling the CEO that his most important concern are his constituents – the hardworking members of BCTGM Local 364 employed at the Nabisco bakery in Portland.… Continue reading U.S. Senator Wyden Sends Letter to Mondelēz CEO Expressing Concerns
Texas State Representative Armando Walle asked Mondelēz CEO Irene Rosenfeld to consider the livelihood of workers and their families if the company’s pattern of offshoring extends into Houston. In an August 9 letter, Walle implored the CEO to invest in American labor by keeping jobs in the United States. “I stand with Houston’s Texas Gulf Coast… Continue reading Texas State Congressman Implores CEO Rosenfeld to “Invest in American Labor”
On August 17, 12 Houston elected officials sent a letter to Mondelēz CEO Irene Rosenfeld stating, “We write to express Houston’s concern over Mondelēz’s pattern of shifting local production from industrialized communities here in the United States, to low-wage Mexico. This offshoring puts short-term profit before the suffering of American families who rely on these vital jobs. We implore you… Continue reading Twelve Houston Elected Officials to Mondelēz CEO Rosenfeld: People before Profits
Check out the powerful comments delivered by New Jersey Congressman Bill Pascrell on behalf of the Nabisco workers on the U.S. House floor, condemning Mondelēz for withdrawing from the worker’s defined benefit pension plan. “This morning I spoke in the House in favor of workers whose pensions are being snatched away while their multinational employer’s… Continue reading N.J. Congressman Bill Pascrell Condemns Mondelez on U.S. House Floor
Popular Facebook media outlet, NowThis Politics, released a video on Monday covering the May 2018 Nabisco worker protest of Mondelez-Nabisco’s annual shareholder meeting in Lincolnshire, IL. The video shows BCTGM members from Nabisco bakeries nationwide protesting the elimination of their pensions by Mondelez International, even participating in a sit-down action and blocking the street where… Continue reading NowThis Posts VIRAL VIDEO: Nabisco Workers Protest Pension Elimination While CEO Takes $42M for 41 Days of Work
Following a request for support of Nabisco-Mondelēz workers that was sent to the Vatican’s Peace and Justice Office by the General Secretary of the International Union of Food Workers (IUF), faith leaders from throughout North America are escalating the call for fairness. On April 27, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, Archbishop of Newark, N.J, sent a letter… Continue reading Cardinal Sends Letter to Mondelez CEO Demanding Economic Justice for Nabisco Workers
The AFL-CIO Executive Council has approved a new National Good Jobs campaign that will expose and challenge the corporate outsourcing of jobs by American companies, choosing Mondelēz International as its first example of greed over good. The AFL-CIO has issued the following press release: March 14, 2017 Mondelēz (Nabisco/Oreo)Will Be the First Solidarity Campaign(San Antonio, March 14,… Continue reading AFL-CIO to Highlight Job Destroying Corporate Behavior of Mondelēz
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