Senator Sherrod Brown Presses Mondelez to Negotiate a Fair Contract
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13 Sep Senator Sherrod Brown Presses Mondelez to Negotiate a Fair Contract

Posted at 12:16h in Mondelez, Nabisco Strike 2021, Senate by

Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) wrote to Dirk Van de Put, Chief Executive Officer of Mondelez International, urging him to oversee good-faith negotiations for a fair contract between the BCTGM and Nabisco (owned by Mondelez). Despite reports that Mondelez has generated over $1.1 billion in net earnings in Quarter 2 of 2021 โ€“ and chosen to repurchase $1.5 billion worth of its shares over the last six months โ€“ the company has elected to cut pay and benefits, forcing the hand of the roughly 1,000 BCTGM workers now on strike across the country. These actions by Mondelez follow a pattern of shutting down U.S.-based facilities, like those recently closed in New Jersey and Georgia, and moving production to Mexico.

U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Bob Casey (D-PA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Bob Menendez (D-NJ) also signed the letter.

โ€œBCTGM workers have faced difficult and challenging worker conditions throughout the pandemic,โ€ wrote the senators. โ€œAmid a surge in demand for groceries, BCTGM workers have adapted to new conditions, faced uncertainty about safety concerns, and increased their hours worked. Mondelez International should be rewarding its workers, not calling for cuts to pay and benefits to workers while it engages in short-term and short-sighted approaches to increase its share price.โ€

The full text of the letter is availableย hereย 

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