Statement by President Joe Biden On Kellogg Collective Bargaining Negotiations

[Omaha Steve]

The following statement was issued by U.S. President Joe Biden today:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

December 10, 2021

Statement by President Joe Biden On Kellogg Collective Bargaining Negotiations

Collective bargaining is an essential tool to protect the rights of workers that should be free from threats and intimidation from employers.

That’s why I am deeply troubled by reports of Kellogg’s plans to permanently replace striking workers from the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International during their ongoing collective bargaining negotiations.

Permanently replacing striking workers is an existential attack on the union and its members’ jobs and livelihoods. I have long opposed permanent striker replacements and I strongly support legislation that would ban that practice.

And such action undermines the critical role collective bargaining plays in providing workers a voice and the opportunity to improve their lives while contributing fully to their employer’s success.

Unions built the middle class of this country. My unyielding support for unions includes support for collective bargaining, and I will aggressively defend both.

I urge employers and unions to commit fully to the challenging task of working out their differences at the bargaining table in a manner that fairly advances both parties’ interests.

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President Biden’s statement from the White House: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/10/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-kellogg-collective-bargaining-negotiations/

[Sherman A1]

1. K&R

[Stuart G]

2. K and R..Great Post, Thank You Very Much, Shows Biden cares about Workers and Unions.

These 4 sentences are especially significant (sentences 2, 3, 4 & 5 from above post)

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That’s why I am deeply troubled by reports of Kellogg’s plans to permanently replace striking workers from the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International during their ongoing collective bargaining negotiations.

Permanently replacing striking workers is an existential attack on the union and its members’ jobs and livelihoods. I have long opposed permanent striker replacements and I strongly support legislation that would ban that practice.

And such action undermines the critical role collective bargaining plays in providing workers a voice and the opportunity to improve their lives while contributing fully to their employer’s success.

Unions built the middle class of this country. My unyielding support for unions includes support for collective bargaining, and I will aggressively defend both.

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[appalachiablue]

3. Well done Pres. Biden. Unions, democracy in the workplace.

[WA-03 Democrat]

4. He's 100% right

Well stated!

[Farmer-Rick]

5. Permanently replacing striking workers is an existential attack on the union

It's exactly what Reagan did to the traffic control workers after getting them, and other union supporters, to vote Reagan into the presidency.

He told the union this before he was elected: "I pledge to you that my administration will work very closely with you to bring about a spirit of cooperation between the President and the air traffic controllers."

But less than 7 months after taking office, Reagan fired most federal air traffic controllers in the country, destroying the union forever.

Thank God we don't have an idiot like that in office anymore. It takes a very awful man to attack striking workers.