Workers go on strike against Kellogg’s U.S. cereal plants

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Union members picket on Tuesday outside the Kellogg plant on Porter Street in Battle Creek, Mich. Workers at Kellogg’s cereal plants are striking over wages and benefits.





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«The level we were working at is unsustainable, Osborn said.

Kellogg’s workers aren’t the first food workers to strike during the pandemic.

Earlier this summer, more than 600 workers at a Frito-Lay plant in Topeka, Kansas, walked off the job to protest working conditions during the pandemic, including forced overtime. That strike ended in July when workers ratified a new contract.

Workers at Nabisco plants in five states went on strike in August to protest plans by Nabisco’s parent, Mondelez International, to move some work to Mexico, among other issues, according to the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union, which also represents the Kellogg’s workers. That strike ended last month when workers ratified a new contract.

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