Just desserts: Striking bakery workers in CA demand respect
b'Since Nov. 3, workers represented by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers\' International Union (BCTGM) Local 37 have been on strike against Rich Products at the Jon Donaire Desserts plant in Santa Fe Springs, California. Working in perpetually cold and wet conditions, these workers make ice cream cakes for household-name stores like Baskin-Robbins, Cold Stone Creamery, Walmart, Costco, Ralph\\u2019s, Vons, Smart & Final, and Safeway.
As Cristina Lujan, a worker at the Santa Fe Springs plant and BCTGM Local 37 member, recently told Forbes: "We are on strike because we\\u2019re fighting for higher wages, affordable health care and to be treated with respect and dignity." In this interview, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with Lujan about the current state of the strike and what brought workers to the picket line in the first place.
Read the transcript of this interview: https://therealnews.com/just-desserts-striking-bakery-workers-in-ca-demand-respect
Pre-Production/Studio/Post Production: Dwayne Gladden
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