Estados Unidos de América - Kellogg’s locks out Memphis workers to force the expansion of disposable jobs

Transnational cereal maker Kellogg’s has locked out 220 members of the IUF-affiliated BCTGM since October 22 2013 at its factory in Memphis, Tennessee in an effort to force union acceptance of a plan to radically increase the use of casual workers. With this plan all newly employed workers would be employed as casuals with no guaranteed hours at significantly lower pay and benefits, effectively transforming over time the entire employment structure at the facility. The company calls this «The New Workforce of the Future».

Kellogg’s organized this assault while the Master Agreement of 2012, which limits casual work, is still in force. The union insists that casual work must be negotiated within the framework of the agreement - and their members are watching the end of year festivities approach from the street side of the factory gate.

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