Kellogg's Delivers Memphis a Slap in the Face

[Iwillnevergiveup]

http://truth-out.org/news/item/21430-kelloggs-delivers-memphis-a-slap-in-the-face

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"I went to the 'Gold Palace,' Kellogg headquarters, last year," said Trence Jackson, an officer of BCTGM Local 252G. "They had a nice display in their lobby on what they do for African Americans. They also put African Americans, like Gabby [Douglas], on their cereal boxes each February."

But this February Jackson and his co-workers at the Memphis Kellogg cereal plant face the prospect of spending Black History Month on the picket line. Three months into a lockout, the company has yet to return to the bargaining table.

During local contract negotiations in October 2013, Kellogg demanded the right to hire more part-time and casual employees, at lower pay rates. When workers voted the proposal down, Kellogg locked them out.

Scabs hired through an Ohio union-busting firm now produce Frosted Flakes and Fruit Loops."

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[defacto7]

1. Sorry for my ignorance on such matters

but what is this Ohio union-busting firm?

[Iwillnevergiveup]

2. The article doesn't specifically mention

the name of the firm, but does mention "Buses filled with scabs enter at a separate entrance, not visible from the picket line." I'm guessing they couldn't get any local folks to cross the picket line, so had to go out of state. Cowardly!

[defacto7]

3. Thanks!

I think my question was even more basic. They say a union-busting firm from 'out of state'... you mean such things actually exist? ... a company that is paid to find workers specifically to bust union strikes that can be hired by the union-offending company? That is ugly.