Mondelez
Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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Days after Congressman John Lewis stood with Nabisco workers and faith leaders in Washington to release the IWJ report on Mondelez/Nabisco outsourcing, Representatives Donald McEachin (D-Va.) and John Lewis (D-Ga.) have sent a joint letter to U.S. Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer urging a dramatic NAFTA rewrite. McEachin and Lewis are asking for strong, enforceable labor standards that raise wages in Mexico, reduce incentives for outsourcing to companies such as Mondelez/Nabisco, encourage domestic investment and support American...

15 December, 2017

During a press conference held at AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington D.C., Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) released a detailed report, “Breaking Faith: Outsourcing and the Damage Done to our Communities”  that reveals the impact of Mondélez-Nabisco’s outsourcing and exploitation of workers in both the U.S. and Mexico. Over the last several months, Interfaith Worker Justice led a coalition of faith and labor representatives to cities where BCTGM members produce Nabisco products at Mondélez-Nabisco bakeries.  In each location—...

12 December, 2017

Representatives from the Interfaith Workers Justice (IWJ), along with workers’ rights activists from FLOC, Texas AFL-CIO and others, took their six-city investigation into Mondelēz International to Monterrey, Mexico on Monday to speak with workers there and deliver a powerful message on behalf of the BCTGM Nabisco 600. A press conference from the Telephone Workers Union hall in Monterrey launched the day of action, with Anthony Jackson, Local 300 member and former Nabisco worker, conveying a statement on behalf of...

28 November, 2017

“As long as Nabisco/Mondelez continues to outsource good, middle-class jobs and exploit working families across the globe – the BCTGM will be relentless in our efforts to expose the company’s destructive business model and expand the boycott of Nabisco products made in Mexico. Today was a strong testament to the solidarity and resolve of the BCTGM,” reflected BCTGM International President David Durkee on the November 16 Big Box Store National Day of Action. From Oregon, California...

17 November, 2017

Nabisco and parent corporation Mondelēz continue to put profits before people as hundreds of good, middle-class jobs are outsourced and working families across borders are exploited for reportedly as little as $1 per hour with little to no benefits. On November 16, outside more than 100 big box stores across the United States, union members and activists will be handing out literature and educating consumers on how to BOYCOTT Nabisco snacks like Oreo, Ritz Crackers, and...

15 November, 2017

As our nation recognized Veterans Day, the BCTGM, Union Veterans Council, and the Chicago Federation of Labor joined laid-off veteran workers in Chicago calling on Mondelēz/Nabisco to repatriate veterans’ jobs. The Nabisco 600 and supporters, including AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre, marched to Mondelēz headquarters to deliver a letter to the new Mondelez CEO, Dirk Van de Put, calling on the company to invest in the future of the U.S.-based Nabisco bakeries and American workers....

11 November, 2017

Calling the boycott of Nabisco/Mondelēz products made in Mexico, “vital to saving good, middle-class American jobs,” BCTGM International President David Durkee urged U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) to call on Nabisco/Mondelēz to support American workers and bring jobs back to the U.S. Durkee, together with BCTGM International Secretary-Treasurer Steve Bertelli and Assistant to the President Harry Kaiser, recently met with the two Congressional leaders in Pelosi’s Capitol Hill...

14 September, 2017

The BCTGM is proud to present the full six-minute cut of our short form documentary, “Made in America,” detailing the plight of our members at the iconic Nabisco/Mondelēz bakery in Chicago. This public television segment, produced by Front Page, will air to over 50 million TV homes across the country for one full year and we want our members, their families and all of our supporters to be the first to see it! Click here to...

10 July, 2017

While BCTGM members, Nabisco workers and scores of other union members and supporters protested the corporate greed and destructive business model of Nabisco/Mondelēz outside the company’s annual shareholder meeting on May 17 in Lincolnshire, Ill., inside the meeting Mondelēz shareholders, board members and corporate officers were repeatedly questioned about the company’s destructive business practices around the world. BCTGM Midwest Region International Vice President Jethro Head introduced an AFL-CIO shareholder proposal that urges the company to form...

19 May, 2017

Tomorrow morning, BCTGM Nabisco workers, union members, students and community allies will gather outside the Nabisco/Mondelēz shareholders meeting in Lincolnshire, Ill. for a protest rally and mass demonstration to send a loud and clear message to the company: Workers and their families are more important than corporate profit margins. Can't join us tomorrow in Illinois? Then watch the LIVE STREAM beginning tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. EST by signing up:  Facebook Event Page for details, updates and to...

16 May, 2017

What will you be doing ONE WEEK FROM TODAY on May 17? The BCTGM International will be joined by hundreds of Nabisco/Mondelēz workers, BCTGM local union members, supporters and activists for a mass demonstration outside the Mondelēz Shareholders Meeting in Lincolnshire, Ill. If you can be in the Chicago area on May 17– please visit/promote/RSVP to our Facebook Event Page for details, updates and to be alerted for the LIVE STREAM on May 17. Please sign on to our...

10 May, 2017

Last year, Nabisco/Mondelēz eliminated 600 good, middle-class jobs in Chicago in order to outsource Nabisco production to Mexico. And while workers in Mexico are paid only $1 per hour, Mondelēz CEO Irene Rosenfeld averages nearly $20 million per year. So on May 17, when company decision makers gather for the annual Mondelēz Shareholders Meeting in Lincolnshire, Ill., BCTGM Nabisco/Mondelēz workers, BCTGM local unions, supporters and activists will be there to protest the company’s failed business model...

05 May, 2017

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka gave a major address before the National Press Club in Washington D.C., calling upon leaders of both parties to not only pursue an agenda that benefits working people across the country, but that strengthens the right of every American to negotiate for better wages and benefits. As part of President Trumka's formal address on American jobs, Nabisco/Mondelez worker Michael Smith was invited as a special guest. President Trumka urged action on behalf of...

05 April, 2017

The BCTGM is among the IUF member unions around the world that will be engaging in a week of global trade union action this week, March 27-31, to signal our collective commitment to defending quality permanent employment against the destructive short-termism which is driving management at Mondelēz. In addition to the Nabisco brand in North America,  Mondelēz also owns the Cadbury, Milka, Toblerone, Cote d'Or, belVita, LU, Trident, TUC, Halls,  Tang and other world renowned brands. Unions in the...

27 March, 2017

Millions of union members and activists around the globe joined together yesterday to mark the one year anniversary of the 600 layoffs of BCTGM Local 300 members from the Mondelēz/Nabisco Chicago bakery. The BCTGM's Digital Day of Action received the full support of the AFL-CIO and its 55 affiliated Unions. From teachers (AFT), Nurses (NNU), Seafarers (SIU and MTD), Office Professionals (OPEIU) and Postal Workers (APWU), to Communications Workers (CWA), Auto Workers (UAW), Machinists (IAM), Electrical...

24 March, 2017