Frito-Lay workers strike over forced OT, poor job conditions
By Michael Levenson New York Times July 23, 2021 7:49pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Hundreds of workers who make Cheetos, Lays potato chips and other popular snack foods at a Frito-Lay plant in Topeka, Kan., have been on strike since July 5, protesting what they call suicide shifts and other poor working conditions.
The workers, members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 218, said that they had been pushed to exhaustion and that the company had refused to address their concerns. This strike is about more than wages and benefits, Anthony Shelton, the union s international presiden
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Executives from the state s labor federation turned out Wednesday for the third picket outside Topeka s Frito-Lay plant this year.
The protest, which drew executives from Kansas AFL-CIO and other local labor leaders, is likely the last picket union members at Topeka s Frito-Lay plant will hold before taking a vote on whether to accept or reject a recent contract proposal made by the company.
If the contract offer doesn t pass, local union members may vote to strike. We re here to support them, said John Nave, executive vice president of Kansas AFL-CIO. These brothers and sisters out here have been dedicated to a company over the years that hasn t treated them well at all. . They carry that company on their backs, and they deserve to be treated fairly at the negotiation table.
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