Nabisco parent company Mondelez wants to do away with workers' premium pay rates for weekends and long shifts.
Hundreds of workers who make and deliver Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers have gone on strike in a massive showdown with Nabisco parent company Mondelez.
“We’re not on strike to secure huge gains. We’re on strike to keep what we’ve already got,” said Cameron Taylor, the business agent at BCTGM Local 364, which represents workers at the Portland plant. “The job they want to give us wouldn’t even be worth fighting for.” But workers said such a plan would take thousands of dollars out of their pockets each year. Mike Burlingham, who’s been at the Portland site for 14 years and works in pest control, said the proposal would encourage imposing longer shifts on workers because they would be cheaper for the company, even though the schedule can already be a grind.
Keith Bragg, president of BCTGM Local 358 in Richmond, said workers at his plant agree. Bragg has worked for 45 years at the facility, where they make Ritz, Oreos and Chips Ahoy.
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