DEERFIELD, IL Mondelez International’s stock price fell 1.43% and $0.58 today, ending the day April 24th at a price of $39.77 per share. This is a striking number, because the Mondelez stock (MDLZ) has only fallen under $40 per share three times in the last year. In fact, today’s closing is only $0.58 over the […]
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“As long as Nabisco/Mondelez continues to outsource good, middle-class jobs and exploit working families across the globe – the BCTGM will be relentless in our efforts to expose the company’s destructive business model and expand the boycott of Nabisco products made in Mexico. Today was a strong testament to the solidarity and resolve of the […]
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Nabisco and parent corporation Mondelēz continue to put profits before people as hundreds of good, middle-class jobs are outsourced and working families across borders are exploited for reportedly as little as $1 per hour with little to no benefits. On November 16, outside more than 100 big box stores across the United States, union members […]
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Twenty years ago, Nabisco took millions of dollars in Illinois taxpayer subsidies as incentive to build a production plant in Chicago. Now, Nabisco is abandoning that investment and the community that kept the plant producing Oreo cookies for years. On Wednesday, August 30, Interfaith Worker Justice, together with the BCTGM Nabisco team, will hold a press […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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BCTGM Strategic Campaign Coordinator Ron Baker explains the success of the campaign and the negative financial impact the boycott of Nabisco products made in Mexico is having on Mondelēz International in this radio interview on The Union Edge.
Read MoreThe nationwide boycott of Nabisco/Mondelēz products made in Mexico continues to grow in support as cities across the U.S. adopt resolutions supporting American jobs. On June 15 in Philadelphia, Councilmen Brian O’Neill and Bill Greenlee introduced a resolution to the Philadelphia City Council asking the city to support a boycott of Nabisco/Mondelēz products made in […]
Read MoreIn 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 […]
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On June 9, the Portland, Oregon City Council sent a letter to Mondelēz CEO Irene Rosenfeld expressing “unanimous concern” about the company’s pattern of outsourcing American jobs to Mexico. With specific mention of BCTGM Local 364 members employed at the Nabisco plant in Portland, the City Council implored the CEO to consider the suffering of […]
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