If one of my kids comes to work here one day, I don't want to tell him I voted to keep something to benefit me and not him." "What's a benefit to one is a benefit to all. "We call that eating our young and that's not something we do," Burlingham said. The new plan would have a deductible, which the existing plan does not have. Union leaders have also said the proposal by Mondelez includes different health care plans that would keep the status quo for existing employees and be more expensive for new hires, potentially creating a rift between the two types of employees. “The lines require skilled labor and they just can’t run those lines without our union members in there,” BCTGM Local 358 president Keith Bragg told the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Union representatives in Richmond said on Wednesday that no cookies were being made at that facility, either. However, Burlingham added that replacement workers have been bused into the plant. You can smell when they're baking something, and I don't smell a thing." "I'm standing outside the facility right now, and nothing is coming out of a single smoke stack. The leadership team and salaried employees are continuing to focus on operations."īurlingham disputed that there has been no disruption in production of Oreos. "Consumers will continue to get the cookies and crackers they know and love. "As soon as we got word that there were local strikes, we activated continuity plans," she said. Another plant in Naperville, Illinois, that is part of the company's biscuit manufacturing network is also operational, according to Guzzinati. The strikes are not expected to disrupt production of Oreos, Chips Ahoy and other products made by the facilities, Mondelez spokesperson Laurie Guzzinati told TODAY. Union leaders say that Mondelez has proposed switching from eight-hour shifts, five days a week, to 12-hour shifts, three or four days a week, without overtime, and with increased mandatory work on weekends without extra pay. The union is in the midst of negotiating a new four-year contract with Mondelez after the previous one expired in May. bakeries (last month) and telling the rest of us we have to take concessions, what kind of thanks is that? We make them a lot of money. "Mondelez made record profits and they want to thank us by closing two of the U.S.
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