This is why organized labor is disappearing in the US -- its leadership has no clue about business.
Bottom line--if you don't like what your job pays--seek another job. We're Americans, not automatons. We have brains and we have choices.
Kellog and the union have had 19 meetings--no agreement could be reached so Kellog now finds it necessary to replace the striking workers. Wake up, unions! This is reality--businesses can't survive if they can't turn a profit, and you can't squeeze blood out of a turnip.
Bakery and confectionary manufacturing jobs will never pay as much as other careers because cereal and other breakfast-type products will not sell if priced any higher.
Union minions just talked themselves out of a job, and guess what? Others are ready to take their place.
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/07/10622...roposed-contraHood said the company had no choice but to continue executing the next phase of its "contingency plan" — hiring replacement employees.
"While certainly not the result we had hoped for, we must take the necessary steps to ensure business continuity," Hood said. "We have an obligation to our customers and consumers to continue to provide the cereals that they know and love."
"Interest in the (permanent replacement) roles has been strong at all four plants, as expected. We expect some of the new hires to start with the company very soon," Kellogg spokesperson Kris Bahner told Reuters.