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A summer of labor unrest at US food manufacturers has stretched into fall, as COVID-19 pandemic-weary workers continue to strike for better pay.
About 1,400 workers at Kellogg Co’s US cereal plants walked off the job this week, saying negotiations with the company regarding pay and benefits are at an impasse. Meanwhile, in Kentucky, a strike by 420 workers against Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc is in its fourth week.
The actions come on top of strikes earlier this summer by 600 workers at a Frito-Lay plant in Topeka, Kansas, and 1,000 workers at five Nabisco Inc plants across the US. In June,