{"id":1166947,"date":"2021-12-28T21:04:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T02:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1166947"},"modified":"2021-12-28T21:04:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T02:04:24","slug":"kelloggs-retreats-from-replacing-striking-workers-cuts-deal-with-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kelloggs-retreats-from-replacing-striking-workers-cuts-deal-with-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Kellogg&#039;s Retreats from Replacing Striking Workers, Cuts Deal with Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fkelloggs-retreats-from-replacing-striking-workers-cuts-deal-with-union%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=1166947&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--><p class=\"subheading\">Striking Kellogg\u2019s workers staved off a plan by the left-wing company to replace them with new employees, cutting a deal on a new labor contract that boosts wages and benefits.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday,&nbsp;roughly 1,400 Kellogg\u2019s union workers \u2014 have been striking at plants in Battle Creek, Michigan; Omaha, Nebraska; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Memphis, Tennessee \u2014 returned to work after securing a new contract and averting their layoffs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur striking members at Kellogg\u2019s ready-to-eat cereal production facilities courageously stood their ground and sacrificed so much in order to achieve a fair contract,\u201d&nbsp;Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) President Anthony Shelton said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/bctgm.org\/2021\/12\/21\/kelloggs-strike-ends-bctgm-members-ratify-new-contract\/\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis agreement makes gains and does not include any concessions,\u201d Shelton said.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/10\/deafening-silence-top-democrats-hush-as-left-wing-kelloggs-company-set-to-replace-american-union-workers\/\">detailed<\/a>, striking union workers alleged that Kellogg\u2019s made them work in grueling conditions during the Chinese coronavirus pandemic and threatened to offshore their jobs to Mexico in an effort to bust up the strike.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19212594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/wi\/afp\/21\/signs-held-rally-us-senator-bernie-sanders-spoke-striking-kellogg-workers-battle-creek-michig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19212594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/signs-held-rally-us-senator-bernie-sanders-spoke-striking-kellogg-workers-battle-creek-michig-1024x821-1.jpg\" alt=\"AFP\" width=\"660\" height=\"529\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signs are held during a rally where US Senator Bernie Sanders spoke to striking Kellogg\u2019s workers in Battle Creek, Michigan, on December 17, 2021.&nbsp;(Photo by SETH HERALD \/ AFP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When Kellogg\u2019s workers with the BCTGM voted down a contract this month, company executives vowed to start replacing the workers altogether.<\/p>\n<p>The union workers continued striking even as a number of Democrats and Republicans stayed silent on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Republican lawmakers who represent the districts and states where union workers were striking did not respond to requests for comments.&nbsp;Those Republicans include Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Bill Haggerty (R-TN), Pat Toomey (R-PA), Ben Sasse (R-NE), and Deb Fischer (R-NE) along with Reps.&nbsp;Peter Meijer (R-MI), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA).<\/p>\n<p>Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) did step in to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/15\/gop-governor-pete-ricketts-stands-up-for-union-workers-striking-against-kelloggs\/\">defend<\/a> the union workers, urging Kellogg\u2019s to reconsider its plans to replace them.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) held a rally in Michigan with union workers, blasting the company for threatening to offshore jobs to Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you love American workers, you don\u2019t ship their jobs to desperate people in Mexico and pay them 90 cents an hour,\u201d Sanders said.<\/p>\n<p>Kellogg\u2019s&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/investor.kelloggs.com\/resources\/faqs\/default.aspx#:~:text=No.-,The%20W.K.,Kellogg%20Company&#039;s%20largest%20share%20owner.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">largest<\/a>&nbsp;shareholder is the W.K. Kellogg Foundation \u2014 a left-wing advocacy organization that has been involved with Black Lives Matter, transgender activism, and open borders groups.<\/p>\n<p><em>John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JxhnBxnder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Striking Kellogg\u2019s workers staved off a plan by the left-wing company to replace them with new employees, cutting a deal on a new labor contract that boosts wages and benefits. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1166947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1166947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1166947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1166947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1166947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}