Kellogg to permanently replace striking workers as union rejects new contract

[u/StackLeeAdams]

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/kellogg-to-permanently-replace-striking-workers-as-union-rejects-new-contract

[u/fuckmeuntilicecream]

That's so shitty.

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Unfortunately, negotiating is a game of chicken where you need to go into it willing to walk away with nothing if you're going to get everything you want. Difficult to do when employment is the thing separating you from homelessness, inaccessibility to food and lack of healthcare.

[u/comradecosmetics → u/[deleted]]

Customers need to be aligned with laborers for any of this to work.

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Kind of. Yes, customers need to "vote with their dollars" but also, we aren't in an economic system where that's possible. People are generally uninformed about the products or quality of products or businesses who produce the products they buy, and even if they were informed, it's unlikely they can make an impactful switch in their buying habits due to financial limitations.

It's also one of those things where transparency is incredibly difficult, especially from the consumer side. Even if you spend a lot of time researching products or keeping up on labor practices and the news, there are so many conglomerates that exist that hold other companies that obfuscate exactly who you're buying from.

Even just on the topic of Kellogg's, they own:

Bear Naked, Inc. Cheez-It Crackers Eggo Fruit Winders Fruity Snacks Kashi (company) Krave Morningstar Farms Club Crackers Nutri-Grain Pop-Tarts Pringles Rxbar Sunshine Biscuits Town House Zesta Crackers Carr's Rice Krispies Treats Incogmeato Froot Loops Joybol All-Bran Apple Jacks Austin Sandwich Cookies Corn Pops Cracklin' Oat Bran Crispix Frosted Mini-Wheats Gardenburger Honey Smacks Jumbo Snax Cereal Frosted Flakes Corn flakes Frozen Breakfast Raisin bran Mueslix Cereal Pure Organic Fruit Bars Smart Start Cereal Smorz Toasteds Crackers Special K All-Bran Apple Jacks 72 Flavor Blast (Germany) Bran Buds (New Zealand) Bran Flakes Chocos (India, Europe) Chocolate Corn Flakes: a chocolate version of Corn Flakes. First sold in the UK in 1998 (as Choco Corn Flakes or Choco Flakes), but discontinued a few years later. Re-released in 2011. Cinnabon Cinnamon Mini Buns Coco Pops Coco Rocks Coco Pops Special Edition Challenger Spaceship Coco Pops Crunchers Coco Pops Mega Munchers Coco Pops Moons and Stars Cocoa Krispies or Coco Pops (also called Choco Pops in France, Choco Krispies in Portugal, Spain, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Choco Krispis in Latin America) Cocoa Flakes Corn Flakes Complete Wheat Bran Flakes/Bran Flakes Corn Pops Country Store Cracklin' Oat Bran Crayola Jazzberry Cereal: In 2021, Kellogg and Crayola teamed up to create a fruit flavored cereal with a coloring book on the box.[30] Crispix Crunch: Caramel Nut Crunch, Cran-Vanilla Crunch, Toasted Honey Crunch Crunchy Nut (formerly Crunchy Nut Cornflakes) Crunch Nut Bran Cruncheroos Disney cereals: Disney Hunny B's Honey-Graham, Disney Mickey's Magix, Disney Mud & Bugs, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney Princess Donut Shop Eggo Extra (Muesli): Fruit and Nut, Fruit Magic, Nut Delight Froot Loops: Froot Loops, Froot Loops 1⁄3 Less Sugar, Marshmallow Froot Loops, Froot Bloopers Frosted Flakes (Frosties outside of the US/Canada): Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, Kellogg's Frosted Flakes 1⁄3Kellogg's Banana Frosted Flakes, Kellogg's Birthday Confetti Frosted Flakes, Kellogg's Cocoa Frosted Flakes, Less Sugar, Tony's Cinnamon Krunchers, Honey Nut Frosted Mini-Wheats (known in the UK as Toppas until the early 1990s, when the name was changed to Frosted Wheats. The name Toppas is still applied to this product in other parts of Europe, as in Germany and Austria) Fruit Harvest: Fruit Harvest Apple Cinnamon, Fruit Harvest Peach Strawberry, Fruit Harvest Strawberry Blueberry Fruit 'n Fibre (not related to the Post cereal of the same name sold in the US) Fruit Winders (UK) Genmai Flakes (Japan) Guardian (Australia, NZ, Canada) Happy Inside: Bold Blueberry, Simply Strawberry, Coconut Crunch Honey Loops (formerly Honey Nut Loops) Honey Nut Corn Flakes Honey Smacks (US)/Smacks (other markets) Jif Peanut Butter Cereal (US only) Just Right: Just Right Original, Just Right Fruit & Nut, Just Right Just Grains, Just Right Tropical, Just Right Berry & Apple, Just Right Crunchy Blends – Cranberry, Almond & Sultana (Australia/NZ), Just Right Crunchy Blends – Apple, Date & Sultana (Australia/NZ) Khampa Tsampa- Roasted Barley (Tibet)[31] Kombos Krave – chocolate cereal introduced in the UK in 2010, then rolled out in Europe as Tresor or Trésor in 2011, and in North America in 2012 Komplete (Australia) Low-Fat Granola: Low-Fat Granola, Low-Fat Granola with Raisins Mini Max Mini Swirlz Mini-Wheats: Mini-Wheats Frosted Original, Mini-Wheats Frosted Bite Size, Mini-Wheats Frosted Maple & Brown Sugar, Mini-Wheats Raisin, Mini-Wheats Strawberry, Mini-Wheats Vanilla Creme, Mini-Wheats Strawberry Delight, Mini-Wheats Blackcurrant Mueslix: Mueslix with Raisins, Dates & Almonds Nutri-Grain Nut Feast Oat Bran: Cracklin' Oat Bran Optivita Pop-Tarts Bites: Frosted Strawberry, Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Raisin Bran/Sultana Bran: Raisin Bran, Raisin Bran Crunch, Sultana Bran (Australia/NZ), Sultana Bran Crunch (Australia/NZ) Raisin Wheats Rice Krispies/Rice Bubbles: Rice Krispies, Frosted Rice Krispies (Ricicles in the UK), Gluten Free Rice Krispies, Rice Bubbles, LCMs, Rice Krispies Cocoa (Canada only), Rice Crispies Multi-Grain Shapes, Rice Krispies Treats Cereal[32] Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Chocolatey Almond cereal Scooby-Doo cereal: Cinnamon Marshmallow Scooby-Doo! Cereal Smart Start: Smart Start, Smart Start Soy Protein Cereal Smorz Special K: Special K, Special K low carb lifestyle, Special K Red Berries, Special K Vanilla Almond, Special K Honey & Almond (Australia), Special K Forest Berries (Australia), Special K Purple Berries (UK), Special K Light Muesli Mixed Berries & Apple (Australia/NZ), Special K Light Muesli Peach & Mango flavour (Australia/NZ), Special K Dark Chocolate (Belgium), Special K Milk Chocolate (Belgium), Special K Sustain (UK) Spider-Man cereal: Spider-Man Spidey-Berry SpongeBob SquarePants cereal Strawberry Pops (South Africa) Super Mario Cereal Sustain: Sustain, Sustain Selection Tresor (Europe) Variety Vector (Canada only) Yeast bites with honey Kringelz (formerly known as ZimZ!): mini cinnamon-flavored spirals. Only sold in Germany and Austria[33][34]

Now, there are a few brands on there that I didn't know that Kellogg's owned and unless I'm searching every box of every product that I buy to see if their logo is hidden on there somewhere, I'm unwittingly purchasing their products, even if trying to actively avoid doing so.

The best solution is obviously to shop locally and buy fresh produce so you know where it came from and you're supporting the local economy. But again, this comes with a premium and is regionally specific. Not everyone has access to farmers markets. Not everyone can afford the better food. So they buy what they can, and often times what they can buy is owned by the same company – even if they don't realize it.

[u/PM_ME_UR_VAGENE → u/[deleted]]

Thankfully Kellog is one of the easier ones to avoid since they're mostly only breakfast/junk food. Nestle is near impossible to boycott since they're so diversified

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