Union, Mondelez reach tentative agreement on strike | Business and Economy

File-In this February 9, 2011 file photo, shoppers pass through the shelves of Mondelez International-branded Nabisco products at the Ralphs Fresh Fair Supermarket in Los Angeles. Premium salty taste, triskit, ritz crackers, witbier. A tentative contract agreement between snack company Monderes and union workers on strike could end the strike that began last month. Bakery, confectionery, tobacco workers, Grain Millers International Union and Mondelez issued a separate statement on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 and issued a tentative agreement, but neither of them discussed the terms, Richmond Times Dispatch reported. ..

Reed Saxon

Henrico, Virginia (AP) — A tentative contract between snack company Monderes and union workers on strike could end the strike that began last month.

Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, Grain Millers International Union and Mondelez issued separate statements on Wednesday announcing a tentative deal, but neither discussed the terms, Richmond Times-Dispatch. report..

Mondelez spokesman Laurie M. Guzinati said the tentative agreement was “fully recommended by both parties.”

Anthony Shelton, the union’s international president, said in a statement that the committee’s local officials would offer workers a tentative agreement within a few days and then vote for the agreement. It was uncertain when the vote would take place.

Monderes, one of the world’s largest snack companies, and the union have been negotiating a new four-year contract since the old contract expired at the end of May. This agreement is intended for members of six Mondelli’s sites.

More than 1,000 hourly employees have been on strike since last month at a factory in Virginia, a bakery in Portland, Oregon, a bakery in Chicago, and three distribution centers across the country. Workers want higher wages, better profits and better working conditions.

Union, Mondelez reach tentative agreement on strike | Business and Economy

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