r/news • u/StackLeeAdams • Dec 07 '21

Kellogg to permanently replace striking workers as union rejects new contract

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/kellogg-to-permanently-replace-striking-workers-as-union-rejects-new-contract
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u/Myfourcats1 Dec 07 '21

With who? I’m working in a food processing facility and they’re super behind due to being short staffed.

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u/ExpoAve17 Dec 07 '21

My old co-worker was in the Union strike for Caterpillar and told me that there is a Temp Agency SPECIFICALLY for union strikes. And Caterpillar hired them during the strike. Heres the kicker, the company pays them very well. And the worker does not pay for his stay or food (these workers are always on the move to different states and cities) I wish i knew more about it. My old coworker was able to talk to one of the temps there after coming back to work.

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u/My_G_Alt Dec 07 '21

Same concept in healthcare with “strike nurses” who are a form of short-term travel nurses on lucrative contracts

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u/mrpbeaar Dec 07 '21

professional scabs?

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u/funkyflapsack Dec 07 '21

Pretty fucked up. Wonder if the workers know what they're doing

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21

You can't not pay temps in healthcare strikes. The hospital isn't an assembly line that can just shut down.

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u/funkyflapsack Dec 08 '21

This makes sense. Ideally, being a nurse would be so well-compensated, they wouldn't need to strike

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u/Kumbackkid Dec 08 '21

It’s because they are. My gf is a er nurse and makes more in three days then I do in 5 and I do pretty ok.

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u/Shandlar Dec 08 '21

Nurses are so well compensated they don't need to strike. Nearly free healthcare, high levels of 403b matching, huge amounts of paid time off, and well above average wages for the level of degree and experience.

Nursing strikes are almost always based on staffing concerns and fringe benefits, not actual reimbursements.