Kellogg may shut cereal plant after lengthy union battles

By Kacey Culliney

11-Feb-2015 Last updated on 18-Mar-2017 at 09:00 GMT

Kellogg Company says it will ‘have no choice’ but to close at least one US cereal plant if union members refuse to reconsider a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) issued on employment terms.

US district judge orders Kellogg to cease Memphis lockout

31-Jul-2014

By Kacey Culliney

A US district judge finds Kellogg guilty of unfair labor practices and grants an injunction to force an end to its Memphis lockout, nine months on.

BCTGM: Human rights risk assessment could have prevented Kellogg Memphis lockout

28-Apr-2014

By Kacey Culliney

The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) has called on Kellogg shareholders to conduct a human rights risk assessment of the business; claiming Kellogg was in violation of such rights with its Memphis lockout.

Kellogg v BCTGM: Contract wars over Memphis lockout

27-Mar-2014

By Kacey Culliney

The BCTGM union has accused Kellogg of acting outside the law in its lockout, claiming employment terms held under a master contract can’t be negotiated, but Kellogg says the terms fall under a local, supplemental contract which expired last October.