'I am deeply troubled by reports of Kellogg’s plans to permanently replace striking workers,' Pres. Biden says. 'Collective bargaining is an essential tool to protect the rights of workers that should be free from threats and intimidation from employers.'
"Collective bargaining is an essential tool to protect the rights of workers that should be free from threats and intimidation from employers," Biden said.
"Permanently replacing striking workers is an existential attack on the union and its members’ jobs and livelihoods," he added."And such action undermines the critical role collective bargaining plays in providing workers a voice and the opportunity to improve their lives while contributing fully to their employer’s success."across the country have taken to picket lines this year in various industries to argue for better pay, safer working conditions and paid time off.
Earlier this week, workers rejected a five-year contract offer that would have provided 3 percent raises, among other benefits. The union argued that the company’s two-tiered system of wages pays newer workers at the plants less and provides them with fewer benefits as well as little opportunity to move up.
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