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    Kellog to Replace Striking Union Workers

    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.

    Hood 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.
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    In Germany union reps make up 50% of a corporate board. That way the union has a vested interest in the corporation surviving.

    If the union is found to be the cause of significant damage to the corp, the union can be sued for damages, which could break that union. Remember director on the board have a fiduciary duty.
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    Replacing striking workers is legal under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. However, once the strike is over they have to be placed on a preferential list for hiring as jobs become available. Instead of striking IMO they should have conducted lawful acts (aka as mobilization) within the workplace to put pressure on the company to work out their differences.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gamewell45 View Post
    Replacing striking workers is legal under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. However, once the strike is over they have to be placed on a preferential list for hiring as jobs become available. Instead of striking IMO they should have conducted lawful acts (aka as mobilization) within the workplace to put pressure on the company to work out their differences.
    What is "mobilization" in this context?
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    Good. It is way past time to start breaking the backs of unions in this country.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    What is "mobilization" in this context?
    Mobilization tactics (developed in the early 1990's) are actions such as informational picketing, strict usage of regulatory agencies, enforcing the existing contract, handbilling, or any other legally permissible job action both in the workplace and outside of it.

    I've always felt that this is much better to engage in since 1.) You are still at work gainfully employed; 2) You are applying pressure on the company to discuss your contract proposals and 3) You avoid the possibility of any violence occurring.

    In most cases picketing does not benefit either side (both sides lose money) and it avoids violence which some union or company employees/members may normally engage in.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gamewell45 View Post
    Mobilization tactics (developed in the early 1990's) are actions such as informational picketing, strict usage of regulatory agencies, enforcing the existing contract, handbilling, or any other legally permissible job action both in the workplace and outside of it.

    I've always felt that this is much better to engage in since 1.) You are still at work gainfully employed; 2) You are applying pressure on the company to discuss your contract proposals and 3) You avoid the possibility of any violence occurring.

    In most cases picketing does not benefit either side (both sides lose money) and it avoids violence which some union or company employees/members may normally engage in.
    As long as these actions don't interfere with business or involve employees doing things other than working while on the clock, I can't see anything objectionable about them. On the other hand, if that "informational picketing" is being done by employees themselves, even during their off-hours, I'd think a case could be made that they are guilty of putting the company in a bad light before the public - which might constitute a legitimate reason for their dismissal.

    BTW, I think you might have meant "striking" in your last paragraph, rather than picketing. Yes?
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    I don't have all that much trouble with unions representing the interests of workers as long as that representation reasonably recognizes the need of a business to make profits.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gamewell45 View Post
    Replacing striking workers is legal under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. However, once the strike is over they have to be placed on a preferential list for hiring as jobs become available. Instead of striking IMO they should have conducted lawful acts (aka as mobilization) within the workplace to put pressure on the company to work out their differences.
    At some point those differences are not going to be worked out.

    We both do not know what jobs they perform for their pay and what skill level is required. The facilities are in a wide range of locations from San Jose, CA to the middle of corn fields. There are also a variety of jobs at each location from running critical equipment in the process to sweeping and driving a fork lift.

    I suspect the critical employees will go back to making their high pay and the company will be glad to bring them back.
    I suspect that the protected low life employees that abused the union protection will not be invited back.

    Everyone is not the same value to the company. Not even those that have the same exact position.
    Let's go Brandon !!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    As long as these actions don't interfere with business or involve employees doing things other than working while on the clock, I can't see anything objectionable about them. On the other hand, if that "informational picketing" is being done by employees themselves, even during their off-hours, I'd think a case could be made that they are guilty of putting the company in a bad light before the public - which might constitute a legitimate reason for their dismissal.

    BTW, I think you might have meant "striking" in your last paragraph, rather than picketing. Yes?
    Yes, you are correct; I did mean striking. One of the effects of old age.

    And yes, all actions that I mentioned are all considered legal under the NLRA of 1935. Employees that strike are subject to replacement, however at the conclusion of the strike if they have been permanently replaced, the must go on a list and be given consideration when openings occur. BTW these are the rules for private sector unions; I believe the public sector is governed by different rules that I'm not that familiar with.
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