Layoffs of nearly 300 people at the Nabisco bakery on Chicago’s Southwest Side take effect today. Watch this segment by Chicago Tonight for more on the outlook for workers and the community. Check out the entire article on chicagotonight.wttw.com.
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In the BCTGM Local 300 office located across Kenzie Avenue from the Chicago Nabisco bakery, Hillary Clinton met with union members ‘to figure out how we can stop’ the impending relocation of 600 American jobs to Mexico. According to BCTGM International Vice President Jethro Head, who facilitated the meeting, “She really cares about workers and […]
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BCTGM Local 300 stewards Sabrina Pope (left) and Barbara Cimbalista (right) have been employees at the Nabisco factory on 73rd and Kedzie for decades. They continue to fight Mondelez’s decision to lay off six hundred workers from the factory. “I expect that all six hundred jobs stay here, I expect that we get a raise, […]
Read MoreMore than 300 BCTGM Local 300 members rallied outside the Mondelēz Nabisco Bakery located at 7300 Kedzie Avenue in Chicago to help raise public awareness of the BCTGM’s campaign to save American Jobs. BCTGM Midwest Region International Vice President Jethro Head lead the event, which included numerous community and political leaders. TAKE ACTION! Click here to sign […]
Read MoreThe International Union of Food Workers (IUF) has sent a message of International Solidarity with workers of Mondelēz International, the maker of Nabisco products, around the world. BCTGM represents about 4,000 Mondelēz workers throughout North America. The company has asked for massive concessions from BCTGM Local 300 members – which would amount to lost wages and benefits of […]
Read MoreIn a letter to Local 300 members at the company’s iconic Nabisco plant in Chicago, the plant manager sent a letter to all workers explaining that Mondelēz had decided to invest in its Salinas facility and move production from Chicago: “I recognize that this news is very difficult for our employees in Chicago to hear […]
Read MoreOn June 3, 2015, BCTGM International President David Durkee sent a letter to Mondelēz Senior Director of Human Resources Sarah Jane Hawkes addressing a number of issues facing workers and their local unions at Mondelēz plants throughout the U.S. President Durkee’s letter was based on communications received from all BCTGM Local Unions with members employed in Mondelēz facilities. “Our […]
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