Nabisco workers’ campaign against outsourcing has generated a lot of community support. From university students and trade justice activists to veterans and big box store shoppers. Now, Nabisco workers and their families are receiving widespread support from the faith community, both inside their own local churches and on the global scale. The campaign has grown […]
Read MoreOn May 17, BCTGM members who work for Mondelēz/Nabisco, together with other BCTGM local union members, community activists and representatives from the AFL-CIO and IUF, will rally before the start of the 2017 Mondelēz shareholder meeting in Lincolnshire, Ill. The demonstration will help further spotlight the corporate greed and worker-exploiting business model of the global […]
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Four hundred workers in Dunedin, New Zealand have been fighting to save their Cadbury plant since parent company Mondelēz announced on February 15 that it plans to close the facility. Cadbury Dunedin is the city’s largest private sector employer, and indirectly supports a far larger number of jobs. The former Kraft Foods Inc. bought UK-based […]
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Nearly 400 workers at the Mondelēz -owned Cadbury plant in Dunedin, New Zealand are fighting the company’s recent announcement that the 80-year old historic plant will close forever in 2018. The Cadbury workers and their union, ETu have launched a campaign to keep the Dunedin factory open. Please send solidarity photos and messages to the Cadbury workers […]
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Sign this petition by the ETu: Keep Cadbury in Dunedin On February 15, when Mondelēz International announced plans to close its historic Cadbury factory in Dunedin, New Zealand and leave nearly 400 union workers without jobs, it sent shock waves through the region. The Cadbury workers and their union ETu have launched a campaign to […]
Read MoreThe following press statement was released by the IUF this morning: IUF member unions from 13 countries will be rallying on Wednesday, November 23 at the European headquarters of global snack foods maker Mondelēz to signal their determination to save the facilities, the brands and the skills and experience which built the company from the […]
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More than 50 delegates from trade unions representing Mondelēz International workers around the world gathered in Chicago on September 20- 21 at a Global Summit to address the rampant and calculated destruction of jobs by Mondelēz, whose global subsidiaries include Nabisco, Cadbury, LU and Milka. Representatives of the International Union of Food Workers (IUF) and […]
Read MoreFollowing the conclusion of the IUF Global Summit, union delegates from around the world held a rally and protest outside Mondelēz CEO Irene Rosenfeld’s home in suburban Chicago. Pictured here are the union representatives from IUF affiliated labor organizations including the BCTGM.
Read MoreRepresentatives of the BCTGM and the International Union of Food Workers (IUF) will meet in Chicago this week for an International Trade Union Meeting that will focus on defending quality jobs at Mondelēz International around the globe. The IUF and its affiliates represent 2.5 million workers in 126 countries. The Chicago meeting on September 20 […]
Read More02 March 2016 SIPTU and Unite members went on strike at Mondelēz-owned Cadbury production plant in Coolock, Dublin in a dispute concerning the outsourcing of jobs. SIPTU Sector Organiser, John Dunne, said: “Union members voted overwhelmingly to take this action following an announcement by management that it intends to unilaterally implement a Labour Court recommendation and […]
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