26 Oct TOMORROW: U.S. Secretary Of Labor Marty Walsh to Visit Kellogg Workers’ Picket Line In Lancaster, Pa.
U.S. Department of Labor | October 26, 2021
Secretary of Labor Walsh to visit Kellogg workers’ Pennsylvania picket line
Will meet with union leadership; hear concerns of workers
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Oct. 27, U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh will meet with leaders and workers of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers’ International Union on a picket line at The Kellogg Company’s cereal manufacturing facility in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
On Oct. 5, the one-year extension of a five-year master contract between Kellogg and Local 374G in Lancaster; Local 3G in Battle Creek, Michigan; Local 50G in Omaha, Nebraska; and Local 252G in Memphis, Tennessee, expired. On Oct. 8, its members voted to strike at all four locations.
Secretary Walsh will meet with BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton, and talk to workers on the picket line outside the facility.
WHO: Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh
WHAT: Meet with striking workers, union leaders
WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 27 @ 3 p.m. EDT
WHERE: The Kellogg Company’s cereal manufacturing facility
2050 State Road Lancaster, PA 17601
RSVP: Media seeking to attend any event must RSVP to uddyback-fortson.lenore@dol.gov