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☆ Tyson Foods to shut two U.S. chicken plants with nearly 1,700 workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Tom Polansek | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

CHICAGO, March 14 (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc (TSN.N) will close two U.S. chicken plants with almost 1,700 employees on May 12, the company said on Tuesday. The closures show that the biggest U.S. meat company by sales is still trying to figure out how to improve its chicken segment that has struggled for years. Tyson Foods will shut a plant in Glen Allen, Virginia, with 692 employees and a plant in Van Buren, Arkansas, with 969 employees, according to a statement. "The current scale and inability to economically improve operations has led to the difficult decision to close the facilities," the company said. The United Food and Commercial Workers union, which represents employees at Tyson's plant in Virginia, slammed the decision to close the facility.

☆ Kroger workers say grocery chain is pocketing their paychecks in new lawsuit: 'This is wage theft, plain and simple'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Aidan Pollard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kroger workers claim the grocery giant garnished paychecks and failed to pay overtime. A union representing Kroger employees is seeking reports of wage theft. "These are workers who are not in a position to have their paychecks reduced," Rachel Nadas, an attorney representing the Kroger workers, told Insider Friday. "This is wage theft, plain and simple," Union President Mark Federici said in the release issued last week. Nadas said she and the team of attorneys handling the case hope to recover lost wages and receive damages for the Kroger workers affected.

☆ An Ohio family is suing Kroger claiming their son who killed himself after working there was harassed by his managers in case that challenges 'suicide rule'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The family of Evan Seyfried, who died by suicide in March 2021, is suing his employer claiming he was harassed and bullied. The lawsuit against Kroger challenges a decades-old precedent in Ohio that prevents placing legal blame in the case of suicide. Evan Seyfried's family claims store managers harassed and bullied him, ultimately causing Seyfried to take his own life in March 2021. Pigg, the suit claims, told Seyfried he could hack into Seyfried's computer and track his internet usage, and later allegedly sent him obscene and pornographic messages from unknown numbers. Kroger did not respond to Insider's request for comment, but told the Enquirer it does not comment on ongoing litigation.

☆ Kroger, Albertsons CEOs defend grocery tie-up, say deal won't hurt competition
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Melissa Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The battle over whether grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons should be allowed to combine is heating up. "I just don't see less competition going forward," Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen said at the hearing by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights. Kroger announced plans in October to acquire Albertsons in a deal valued at $24.6 billion. They emphasized that the proposed deal comes at a time when groceries are taking up more of American families' budgets. Food prices have surged as inflation hovers near four-decade highs.

☆ Biden to meet with Ford CEO, UAW Friday on economy
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The White House meeting, which will be in-person and virtual, will also include the presidents of the Service Employees International Union and United Food and Commercial Workers union, the official said. Attendees will discuss the economy and meeting participants' perspectives on the economy "and ideas they have to continue bringing inflation down," the official said. The White House has often cited a shortage of semiconductor chips as a key factor in higher prices for cars and trucks and overall inflation. Also attending is White House National Economic Council director Brian Deese and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. In May, Biden, in a trip to South Korea, expressed support for workers seeking to unionize joint venture battery plants.

CNN Business —President Joe Biden will sit down Friday with business executives and labor leaders to highlight recent progress in combating inflation and steadying the economy, a White House official told CNN. “Thanks to the President’s economic plan, the U.S. economy has created 10 million jobs—including 700,000 manufacturing jobs—since the start of the Biden-Harris Administration,” a White House official said. “We are seeing initial signs that inflation is coming down: the October Consumer Price Index showed moderation in inflation, as did the October Producer Price Index released this week. Biden’s sit-down with the business and labor executives comes two days after he returned from a week-long trip to several global conferences. The Consumer Price Index slowed to a 7.7% annual gain last month, a slower pace than the 8% that economists had been expecting.

☆ Tyson Foods ends COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Tom Polansek | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The requirement "generally improved our ability to operate our business effectively in fiscal 2022," the report said. America's largest meatpacking union, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, said it negotiated an agreement with Arkansas-based Tyson to end the mandate. He added that Tyson kept other safety protocols like requiring workers to self-screen for COVID-19 symptoms. Some Tyson workers remain worried about catching COVID-19 in chicken plants, said Magaly Licolli, director of Venceremos, an organization that advocates for poultry workers in Arkansas. "There is still the pandemic," said Licolli, who has criticized Tyson for not protecting plant employees.

☆ Bosses are 'done with the COVID excuse' and it means calling out sick is getting harder
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

This year, about 630,000 more Americans per month are calling out sick for a week or more than pre-pandemic. Even though an elevated number of workers are still getting sick, employers are losing their patience. One union told Insider that the disparity highlights the need for guaranteed sick leave. "UFCW fights hard to ensure guaranteed sick leave is included in our contracts so employers can't simply cut back on leave because they're 'tired of excuses.'" When it comes to low-wage employees, over 60% don't have access to sick leave, according to a September study from the Economic Policy Institute.

☆ Kroger, Albertsons unions, antitrust experts urge FTC to block merger -letter
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Siddharth Cavale | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"The merger should be blocked, as it would harm workers, consumers and communities," said the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400, who authored the letter. Twenty-six organizations undersigned the message, including the American Economic Liberties Project, Center for Economic and Policy Research, along with seven UFCW local chapters representing more than 100,000 Kroger and Albertsons' workers. The letter, first seen by Reuters, also urged the FTC to immediately investigate Albertsons' "unusual" $4 billion dividend to shareholders on Nov. 7, which it said would leave the company "largely depleted of liquid assets" and "unsustainable as an ongoing concern." read more"The allegation that this dividend will somehow hinder our ability to compete in the marketplace is meritless," an Albertsons spokesperson said in an emailed response to the letter. Reporting by Siddharth Cavale in New York; Editing by Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Four local chapters of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International told Reuters they are assessing their options for lobbying and coordinated action against the deal, including potential strikes. Bryan Doherty, a spokesperson for the UFCW International, told Reuters it plans to request more information from the retailers about possible store closures and layoffs. On Monday afternoon, representatives of UFCW International met with nearly 100 local UFCW chapters on Zoom to discuss the merger and their collective response to it. Workers told Reuters that Kroger has not yet held conversations with the union to discuss the merger. Albertsons reached out to the union, offering to "keep lines of communication open," Mark Federici, president of UFCW local 400, told Reuters.

☆ Inside the cold war between Amazon and unions, which are wielding drones and secret agents to expose the company's labor practices
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Unions infiltrated Amazon construction sites in Oregon and Washington seeking regulatory violations. On a frosty morning in February 2021, Tom Tanner walked into an under-construction Amazon warehouse in eastern Washington seeking work. Campaigns to organize Amazon warehouse workers have grabbed national headlines. Amazon workers at the LDJ5 Amazon Sort Center join a rally in support of the union on April 24 in Staten Island, New York. Wendell Jeffson in a boom lift at the Amazon warehouse in Shelby, Michigan, when he was 17.

A 20-ounce packet of Sara Lee Classic White Sandwich bread goes for $2.50 at Kroger, compared to $2.24 at Walmart. Nearly two-thirds of Kroger's 2,700 stores are unionized, like a "majority" of Albertsons stores, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union says on its website. Grocery stores such as Kroger, Albertsons, in contrast, are often forced to rely on coupons or buy-one-get-one-free promotions funded by companies like P&G and Conagra in order to compete. Euromonitor data shows that 25.2% of all dollars spent on groceries in the United States last year went to Walmart, while Kroger got 8.1% and Albertson's 4.8%. Walmart shoppers have a median income of $73,000.

A 20-ounce packet of Sara Lee Classic White Sandwich bread goes for $2.50 at Kroger, compared to $2.24 at Walmart. Nearly two-thirds of Kroger's 2,700 stores are unionized, like a "majority" of Albertsons stores, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union says on its website. Grocery stores such as Kroger, Albertsons, in contrast, are often forced to rely on coupons or buy-one-get-one-free promotions funded by companies like P&G and Conagra in order to compete. Euromonitor data shows that 25.2% of all dollars spent on groceries in the United States last year went to Walmart, while Kroger got 8.1% and Albertsons 4.8%. Walmart shoppers have a median income of $73,000.

☆ Cel mai mare producător de carne din lume, atacat de hackeri. Casa Albă „discută direct cu guvernul rus”
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-02 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Cea mai mare companie de procesare a cărnii din lume a fost vizată de un atac cibernetic sofisticat. Compania consideră că atacul de tip ransomware a fost comis de un grup infracțional cu sediul probabil în Rusia, a spus Casa Albă, scrie digi24.ro. „Casa Albă discută direct cu guvernul rus despre această chestiune și transmite mesajul că statele responsabile nu adăpostesc hackeri”, a adăugat ea. Anchetatorii spun că atacul a fost comis de un grup cu legături cu Rusia. Guvernul SUA a recomandat în trecut companiilor să nu plătească infractorii pentru atacurile de tip ransomware, pentru că i-ar încuraja să comită noi atacuri.

Persons: Jean, Pierre, JBS Organizations: BBC, Albă, FBI, Casei, Sindicatul United Food, McDonald's, Colonial Locations: Australia, Canada, SUA, Rusia

☆ Casa Albă „discută direct cu guvernul rus”; Cel mai mare producător de carne din lume a fost atacat de hackeri
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-02 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: cbsnews.comCasa Albă „discută direct cu guvernul rus”; Cel mai mare producător de carne din lume a fost atacat de hackeriCea mai mare companie de procesare a cărnii din lume a fost vizată de un atac cibernetic. Compania consideră că atacul de tip ransomware a fost comis de un grup infracțional cu sediul probabil în Rusia, a spus Casa Albă. Compania a declarat luni că a suspendat toate sistemele IT afectate imediat ce atacul a fost detectat și că serverele sale de rezervă nu au fost sparte. Anchetatorii spun că atacul a fost comis de un grup cu legături cu Rusia. Guvernul SUA a recomandat în trecut companiilor să nu plătească infractorii pentru atacurile de tip ransomware, pentru că i-ar încuraja să comită noi atacuri

Persons: Jean, Pierre, JBS Organizations: BBC, FBI, Casei, Sindicatul United Food, McDonald's, Colonial Locations: Australia, Canada, SUA, Rusia

☆ Coca-Cola joins a growing list of corporations giving big money to Biden's inauguration
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-11 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Coca-Cola will give $110,000 in cash and products to President-elect Joe Biden's inaugural committee. Boeing, Google, Microsoft, and Comcast are other corporations with significant business before the federal government that have given the Biden inauguration money. Biden's inauguration is still scheduled for January 20 despite the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Andreas Zeitler/Shutterstock.comOther big corporations giving to Biden inaugurationBoeing in December confirmed to Insider that it was giving the Biden inauguration $1 million. A spokesperson for the Biden inauguration did not immediately return a request for comment.

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