“Kellogg provides compensation and benefits for our US employees that are among the industry’s best,” Bahner said. In a statement, Kellogg spokesperson Kris Bahner said the company was “disappointed by the union’s decision to strike.” at the Kellogg's plant on Porter Street in Battle Creek, Michigan Alyssa Keown/Battle Creek Enquirer/USA Today/Reuters The company continues to threaten to send additional jobs to Mexico if workers do not accept outrageous proposals that take away protections that workers have had for decades,” Shelton said.įirst shift worker Travis Huffman joins other BCTGM Local 3G union members in a strike against Kellogg Co. “Kellogg’s response to these loyal, hardworking employees has been to demand these workers give up quality health care, retirement benefits, and holiday and vacation pay. “For more than a year throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Kellogg workers around the country have been working long, hard hours, day in and day out, to produce Kellogg ready-to-eat cereals for American families,” said Anthony Shelton, president of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union.

The union indicated workers in these cities produce Rice Krispies, Raisin Bran, Froot Loops, Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes. The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union said in a press release Tuesday that 1,400 of its members in the company’s hometown of Battle Creek, Michigan, as well as Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Omaha and Memphis, hit the picket lines Tuesday morning.

Workers at the Kellogg Company - maker of breakfast staples such as Corn Flakes and Rice Krispies - are on strike, after yearlong negotiations between union and management broke down.

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