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IN LATE AUGUST 2021 roughly one thousand workers who make Oreos, Chips Ahoy!, and other popular Nabisco snacks were on strike in five states. The company, Mondalez, Inc., is very profitable. In Portland, Oregon, local union vice president, Mike Burlingham, of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Worke...
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| Published in | What Work Is p. 153 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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University of Illinois Press
09.01.2024
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| Online Access | Get full text |
| ISBN | 9780252045493 0252045491 |
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| Summary: | IN LATE AUGUST 2021 roughly one thousand workers who make Oreos, Chips Ahoy!, and other popular Nabisco snacks were on strike in five states. The company, Mondalez, Inc., is very profitable. In Portland, Oregon, local union vice president, Mike Burlingham, of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers union insisted, “This is a good job.” He explained it was the kind of job “where people plan for retirement.” But this kind of work was at risk of extinction. “If the company could have their way,” he warned, “that would be gone and it wouldn’t be a job worth fighting |
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| ISBN: | 9780252045493 0252045491 |