Labor | Food Manufacturing

Tyson Foods workers wear protective masks and stand between plastic dividers at the company's Camilla, Georgia poultry processing plant in April 2020.

Government Data: At Least 59K Meat Plant Workers Caught COVID, 269 Died

The new estimate for the industry is nearly three times higher than what the United Food and Commercial Workers Union has said were infected.

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Contract Talks to Resume Nov. 2 at Kellogg's Amid Cereal Strike

The company has said it's not clear how the strike will affect cereal supplies in stores.

In this Sept. 13, 2021 file photo, members of Local 23D Union picket in front of Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, Ky. Workers at one of the world’s largest bourbon producers, are scheduled to vote on a new contract on Saturday, Oct. 23, six weeks after walking out. The company announced a tentative contract agreement with the union representing striking workers on Friday.

Striking Bourbon Workers Ratify New Contract

About 420 members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 23D went on strike about six weeks ago.

Conagra's factory in Newport, TN.

Conagra Shutters 117-Year-Old Tennessee Plant

The emblem of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is shown on a podium in Vail, Colo., Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in Denver. A woman who was fired after asking to bring an oxygen tank to work to help her breathe will get $25,000 in a federal settlement. TriMark Foodcraft also agreed to train its staff on what qualifies as reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act under a two-year consent decree with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency said.

Worker Settles After Being Fired for Asking to Bring Oxygen Tank

In this May 7, 2020 photo, workers leave the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport, Ind.

Tyson Says Mandate Spurred 96% of Workers to Get Vaccine

Bettye Jo Boone, a 30 year employee of Heaven Hill, pickets in front of Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, KY on Sept. 13, 2021.

Bourbon Manufacturer Inks Tentative Deal with Striking Workers

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In this Oct. 5, 2021, file photo a healthcare worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. President Joe Biden’s most aggressive move yet to combat the COVID-19 pandemic is almost ready to see the light of day. The government is close to publishing the details of a new vaccination-or-testing rule covering more than 80 million Americans at companies with 100 or more workers.

Businesses Nervously Await Fine Print of Vax-or-Test Rule

White House officials have declined to discuss when the rule will be published or go into details on when businesses will have to comply.

The fight over the minimum wage continues.

Does Raising Minimum Wage Kill Jobs?

It’s a controversial argument.

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Kellogg Says Union Talks Are at Stalemate

In an update posted Oct. 15, the cereal maker said it's using salaried employees and third-party resources to operate its plants.

Bettye Jo Boone, a 30 year employee of Heaven Hill, pickets in front of Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, Ky., Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Declaring an impasse in contract talks with striking union workers, global spirits producer Heaven Hill said Monday, Oct. 18 it will start hiring permanent replacement workers for bottling and warehouse operations in Kentucky.

Amid Strike, Bourbon Maker to Start Hiring Replacement Workers

About 420 union members voted last month to reject a new five-year contract offer.

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Kellogg Issues Response to Union Claims, Strike

The public statement aimed to "Set the record straight" about terms of its master labor contract negotiations with the BCTGM for four of its RTE Cereal plants.

Sanderson Farms Raises Minimum Hourly Wages to Nearly $17

The new pay scale provides for additional rate increases for company experience, as well as for Sanderson truck drivers.

Frito-Lay Adding Nearly 15,000 Frontline Workers in US

More than 5,000 roles are actively being filled now through the end of the year.

Bolthouse Farms Worker Awards

Bolthouse Farms Rewards Top Workers with SUVs, Cash

The carrot grower and distributor gave out five Carrot Orange 2021 GMC Terrain vehicles.

A hiring sign is placed at a booth for prospective employers during a job fair Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in the West Hollywood section of Los Angeles. The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week for a second straight week to 351,000, a sign that the delta variant of the coronavirus may be disrupting the job market’s recovery, at least temporarily.

U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 326,000

It is the first drop in four weeks.

Michael Shlee, a bulk unloader at a Kellogg's cereal plant, pickets outside the facility's main entrance on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, in Omaha, Neb. Workers have gone on strike after a breakdown in contract talks with company management.

Fed Up by Pandemic, Food Worker Strikes Surge

After decades of watching companies chip away at pay and benefits, food workers sense that they have a rare upper hand.

Photo taken outside of Kellogg's Snack Division in Cincinnati in February 2020.

Workers at All of Kellogg's U.S. Cereal Plants Go on Strike

Roughly 1,400 workers went on strike.