{"id":1142802,"date":"2021-12-22T16:04:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T21:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1142802"},"modified":"2021-12-22T16:04:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T21:04:18","slug":"fact-check-did-kelloggs-send-this-tweet-about-striking-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-kelloggs-send-this-tweet-about-striking-women\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Kellogg\u2019s Send This Tweet About Striking Women?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-kelloggs-send-this-tweet-about-striking-women%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1142802&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=251468457081797&amp;set=a.101759332052711&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a tweet from Kellogg\u2019s verified Twitter account about striking women.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence Kellogg\u2019s sent the tweet. A Kellogg\u2019s spokesperson said the image is \u201cnot a legitimate Kellogg tweet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After an 11-week workers strike, Kellogg\u2019s approved a new 5-year contract for 1,400 of its workers on December 21, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/12\/21\/1066326419\/kelloggs-union-members-ratify-a-new-contract-ending-a-nearly-3-month-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR<\/a>. Initially, the company had threatened to replace the workers after they rejected a&nbsp;contract proposal offering&nbsp;3% annual raises, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kelloggs-will-replace-striking-workers-after-offer-is-rejected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Now, an alleged tweet from the company that references striking women is going viral. \u201cOh, so you think it\u2019s cool when workers strike jobs?\u201d the purported tweet published on December 19 reads. \u201cNow replace \u2018jobs\u2019 with \u2018women.\u2019 Still think it\u2019s \u2018cool?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tweet, however, appears to be fake. Check Your Fact searched <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=strike%20(from%3Akelloggsus)&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kellogg\u2019s verified Twitter<\/a> account, @KelloggsUS, and found no trace of it. Though the company regularly replies to tweets about its products, its most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KelloggsUS\/status\/1292835744923430913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> was published on Aug. 10, 2020 and discussed National Smores Day.&nbsp;The alleged tweet also could not be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211219143814\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/KelloggsUS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived<\/a> versions of Kellogg\u2019s Twitter account available on the Wayback Machine.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Kellogg\u2019s confirmed in an email to Check Your Fact that \u201cthis is not a legitimate Kellogg tweet.\u201d <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/02\/11\/fact-check-gorilla-glue-profane-tweet-hair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: No, Gorilla Glue Didn\u2019t Send This Profane Tweet About Not Using Its Products On Hair)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Check Your Fact has debunked a fake tweet targeting a large company. In June, <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/06\/24\/fact-check-mcdonalds-tweet-wouldnt-hire-people-traded-cryptocurrencies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check Your Fact<\/a> debunked a viral image that purportedly showed a tweet from McDonald\u2019s saying the company would not hire anyone who has held, traded or sold cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a tweet from Kellogg\u2019s verified Twitter account about striking women.Verdict: False There is no evidence Kellogg\u2019s sent the tweet. 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