Kellogg's Delivers Memphis a Slap in the Face

[Omaha Steve]

http://labornotes.org/2014/01/kelloggs-delivers-memphis-slap-face

January 20, 2014 / Steve Payne



Union workers at Kellogg's Memphis plant say the company is disrespecting its majority-black workforce, locking them out to force lower pay. Photo: Steve Payne. - See more at: http://labornotes.org/2014/01/kelloggs-delivers-memphis-slap-face#sthash.EB7zjJnW.dpuf


“I went to the ‘Gold Palace,’ Kellogg headquarters, last year,” said Trence Jackson, an officer of BCTGM Local 252G. “They had a nice display in their lobby on what they do for African Americans. They also put African Americans, like Gabby [Douglas], on their cereal boxes each February.”

But this February Jackson and his co-workers at the Memphis Kellogg cereal plant face the prospect of spending Black History Month on the picket line. Three months into a lockout, the company has yet to return to the bargaining table.

During local contract negotiations in October 2013, Kellogg demanded the right to hire more part-time and casual employees, at lower pay rates. When workers voted the proposal down, Kellogg locked them out.

Scabs hired through an Ohio union-busting firm now produce Frosted Flakes and Fruit Loops.

- See more at: http://labornotes.org/2014/01/kelloggs-delivers-memphis-slap-face#sthash.EB7zjJnW.dpuf

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[DJ13]

1. Scabs hired through an Ohio union-busting firm now produce Frosted Flakes and Fruit Loops.

Scab Flakes?

YECH!

No more Frosted Flakes in my house.