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December 22, 2021

Kellogg's Workers End 11-Week Strike After Reaching Deal on New Contract
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In a major victory for labor rights, workers at Kellogg's cereal plants
have ended their nearly three-month strike, after approving a new
contract that provides across-the-board wage increases and enhanced
benefits for all. One of the most contested issues had been a permanent
two-tier system, where workers hired after 2015 were paid less than
longer-tenured workers. The new five-year agreement with Kellogg's
doesn't include the two-tier system, gives workers a clear path to
full-time employment and provides a "significant increase in the pension
multiplier." Some 1,400 Kellogg's workers in Michigan, Nebraska,
Pennsylvania and Tennessee had been on strike since October.


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