Striking Kelloggs workers show the country what solidarity looks like
b'Like Frito-Lay, Nabisco, John Deere, and Heaven Hill Distillery, cereal giant Kellogg\\u2019s has seen consumer demand skyrocket during the pandemic, reporting profits of $1.25 billion in 2020. To meet this demand, many workers in Kellogg\\u2019s plants around the US report pulling 12-16-hour shifts seven days a week, leaving little time for anything outside of work beyond sleep. But the creation of a two-tier employment system in 2015 has meant that newer employees in the lower \\u201ctransitional tier\\u201d are earning significantly less than their coworkers for doing the same work. Demanding that the company raise the floor for all of its employees, Kellogg\\u2019s plant workers in Nebraska, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee have been on strike since Oct. 5.
In this special video edition of Working People, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez discusses the ongoing strike with Dan Osborn, who has worked at the Omaha, Nebraska, plant for 18 years and currently serves as president of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM), Local 50G.
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