Corn Nuts Strike
Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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BCTGM Local 85 members who work at the Corn Nuts plant in Fresno, Calif. have voted to accept a new collective bargaining agreement. Approval of the contract ends the BCTGM’s strike at the Hormel-owned Corn Nuts production facility which began on August 15, 2022.In commenting on the ratification, BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton states, “Our striking members at the Corn Nuts plant courageously stood their ground and sacrificed so much in order to achieve a...

19 October, 2022

After nearly two months on strike, BCTGM members at Hormel’s Corn Nuts plant in Fresno, California are traveling to the Company’s Global headquarters to demand an in-person meeting with the CEO. WHO: BCTGM Local 85 members from California, Minnesota BCTGM members, labor allies WHAT: Demonstrate outside Hormel HQ and call on CEO Jim Snee to meet WHERE: One Hormel Place, Austin, MN 55912 WHEN: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. After two months of rising tensions and no agreement,...

14 October, 2022

Forty BCTGM members of Local 85 have gone on STRIKE at Corn Nuts in Fresno, Calif. (owned by Hormel) “We are on strike at Corn Nuts because company is not bargaining in good faith. The company is reluctant to reach an agreement, is surface bargaining and changing the terms and conditions of the workers’ medical plan without notifying the employees or bargaining with the union before making these drastic changes.” – Local 85 Financial Secretary Jerry Gil This...

16 August, 2022