AFL-CIO Calls for Apollo to Address Serious Concerns
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20 Mar AFL-CIO Calls for Apollo to Address Serious Concerns

Posted at 10:59h in Hearthside, Private Equity by

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler sent a pointed letter to the lead Director of the private equity company Apollo Global Management about “a growing list of unaddressed workers’ rights violations alleged at various Apollo-owned portfolio companies”.

Apollo, one of the largest private equity companies in the world, is one of the owners of Maker’s Pride—formerly Hearthside Food Solutions—a giant co-manufacturing company that makes brands for Kellogg, Hershey’s, General Mills and Mondelēz/Nabisco.

The BCTGM has many ongoing labor disputes at several Maker’s Pride facilities, including the one in London, Ky., where the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled against the company for its anti-union actions during a recent organizing campaign.

In the letter to Apollo lead Director Gary Cohn, President Shuler raises concerns over a growing list of unaddressed workers’ rights violations alleged at various Apollo-owned portfolio companies, including at Maker’s Pride.

President Shuler explains why it is of the utmost importance to the AFL-CIO and the rest of the labor movement. “Billions of dollars of workers’ hard-earned pension assets are invested in Apollo or Apollo-managed private funds,” Shuler writes. “These workers rely upon the responsible stewardship of their investments for their retirement security.”

Shuler calls on the Board to “to maintain appropriate oversight over Apollo’s operations.”

Workers at the Maker’s Pride facility in London were overwhelmed by the anti-union actions of the company as they attempted to join the BCTGM in 2024. Due to the company’s conduct, the BCTGM filed almost seventy federal labor charges against the company. In September 2025, the National Labor Relations Board ruled in favor of the workers. The BCTGM is demanding that Maker’s Pride recognize the BCTGM as the official bargaining representative of the workers in London, and negotiate a first contract.

Click here to read the full letter to Apollo Lead Director Larry Cohn.

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