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October 6, 2021

Kellogg's Workers Go on Strike over Threats to Healthcare, Wages
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Back in the U.S., some 1,400 workers across all of Kellogg's cereal
plants went on strike Tuesday - as union negotiations have stalled for
more than a year. The strike includes plants in Omaha, Nebraska; Battle
Creek, Michigan; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Memphis, Tennessee. A
union representative says Kellogg's is threatening to outsource jobs to
Mexico if workers don't accept the company's proposals, which include
loss of premium healthcare, holiday and vacation pay, and reduced
retirement benefits. Workers are also demanding better wages.


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