Mondelez Workers End Strike, to Resume Work This Week
September 20 2021 - 1:22AM
Dow Jones News
By Yifan Wang
Workers at Mondelez International Inc., maker of Oreo cookies,
Wheat Thins and other snacks, have ended a weekslong strike as
union members overwhelmingly accepted a new four-year contract.
The Chicago-based maker of Nabisco-brand crackers and other
products said Saturday that employees, who were on strike at three
of the four U.S. bakeries Mondelez owns, would resume work this
week.
The new contract is retroactive to March 1 and includes
ratification bonuses, hourly wage increases and a higher company
match for 401(k) contributions, among other changes, Mondelez said
in a statement.
The workers' union said the outcome "will benefit all [union]
members and working people around the country for years to
come."
The strike, in protest of proposals to increase shift time and
limit access to overtime pay, among others raised during contract
negotiations, began Aug. 10 in Oregon and quickly spread to
facilities in Colorado, Illinois, Georgia and Virginia.
Disruptions to snack production stemming from the strike have
added to supply challenges for food sellers since the start of the
pandemic last year, much of it driven by shortages of labor and raw
materials.
Write to Yifan Wang at yifan.wang@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 20, 2021 01:07 ET (05:07 GMT)
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