The 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 […]
Read MoreToday in Washington, D.C., the 2016 Democratic Platform Drafting Committee held its second session of the Mid-Atlantic Democratic Platform Forum, the first in a series of regional events designed to engage every voice in the Democratic Party. The Platform Drafting Chair Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), and Democratic National Convention Committee CEO, Rev. Leah D. Daughtry […]
Read MoreToday, the BCTGM – which represents nearly 4,000 members at Mondelēz International, maker of Nabisco snack products – announced in response to the layoff of the first 277 workers at the Southside Nabisco Chicago Bakery, an escalation in its efforts to promote its “Check the Label” campaign, encouraging American consumers to reject Nabisco products made […]
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