Kansas City, Kan. — Boilermakers International President Newton B. Jones today condemned Nabisco and its parent company, Mondelez, for announcing recently that they will ship more than 600 American jobs from the Nabisco production facility in Chicago to Salinas, Mexico, calling the decision “symptomatic of bad trade deals and multinationals who place profit ahead of […]
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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 […]
Read MoreOn Friday, February 19, the Maritime Trades Department of the AFL-CIO offered the following statement of support. PRESERVING NABISCO JOBS Chicago has been home to some of organized labor’s greatest battles. From the fight for the 8-hour day, the Haymarket tragedy, the Pullman railroad strike, the Memorial Day massacre, and the battles in the stockyards, Chicago […]
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On February 5, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka sent a letter to BCTGM International President David Durkee praising the Union’s efforts to protect the jobs of Local 300 workers at the Chicago Mondelēz/Nabisco bakery. Trumka also pledged the support “of the twelve and a half million members of the AFL-CIO.” “I would like to express our […]
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