When the faces of laid-off Nabisco workers from Chicago are recognized as the symbols of the movement to stop corporate greed, we can say with certainty that the campaign to highlight the corporate agenda of Mondelez is successful. The Facebook page of Local 300 has been viewed by millions and the above photo has been shared […]
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Hot on the heels of the successful Democratic National Convention, representatives of the Nabisco 600 attended the Rock Against the TPP concert and teach-in in Denver. Laid off Nabisco worker Anthony Jackson spoke in front of an audience of more than 1,300 people throughout the event. Jackson spoke personally to actress/activist Evangeline Lilly and was then invited […]
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News of the BCTGM’s boycott of Made-in-Mexico Nabisco spread throughout the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelphia last week. Armed with Check the Label fliers, laid off Nabisco worker Michael Smith was invited to speak to numerous gatherings and Democratic Caucus groups throughout the week including: -Smith addressed about 300 AFL-CIO Labor Delegates during a special […]
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“Irene has made over $20 million dollars a year, for the last nine years. That is roughly 300 times that of the average Mondelez employee.” “For a CEO to make that much and refuse to leave our jobs in Chicago, to send them to Mexico, that’s a slap in our face. Irene Rosenfeld – you […]
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Representatives for the Nabisco Tour will be educating consumers outside major retailers throughout the country and addressing labor functions. This is where they will be THIS WEEK: Monday, June 27: Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees, Gary, Indiana Wednesday, June 29: Maricopa Area Labor Federation, Phoenix, Arizona
Read MoreIn the second full week of the National Tour of the Nabisco 600, hundreds of thousands of additional workers, families, and consumers in hundreds of communities learned about the BCTGM’s National Boycott of Made-in-Mexico Nabisco products. In Atlantic City, N.J., the Tour addressed more than 600 union delegates to the N.J. AFL-CIO Convention. The labor […]
Read MoreThe Nabisco 600 team, composed of laid off Local 300 members from the Nabisco bakery in Chicago, set out on a national tour last week to spread the word that the Mondelez offshoring of Nabisco jobs to Mexico will not stand. With appearances on Union Edge Radio in Pittsburgh, the Rick Smith Radio Show in […]
Read MoreThe Nabisco 600 tour traveled to Portland, Oregon last week for the first of numerous West Coast stops on the National Consumer Education Tour. The tour has also addressed crowds up and down the Eastern U.S. bringing news of how workers and their allies can help boycott made-in-Mexico Nabisco products. At the New York Central […]
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