One charge covered unilateral company changes to the union contract. In a potential indication of progress, the union, on July 12, asked the National Labor Relations Board to withdraw two labor law-breaking-formally called unfair labor practice-charges filed on June 30 against Frito-Lay, a PepsiCo subsidiary. But its letter admitted Local 218 members voted that down. It also claimed local leaders agreed to the economic sections of the deal, including the raises and the shorter workweek. Meanwhile, Frito-Lay claims that in Kansas, a right-to-work-for-less state, 300 workers have crossed the union picket line. The latest bargaining sessions occurred July 19-20, and no information has been posted about the results. TOPEKA, Kansas-To ordinary human ears, this sounds like a throwback to worker exploitation of the Gilded Age: Some 850 workers at the Topeka, Kansas, Frito-Lay plant were forced to strike early this month over-ready?-84-hour workweeks.Īnd after more than two weeks on the picket line, and outrage which has spread overseas, the company now offers the workers, members of Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) Local 218, a shorter workweek: 60 hours.Īnd Frito-Lay says workers can volunteer for the 84-hour weeks, too.Īll this for a 2% hourly raise for each of the next two years. Striking workers at the Topeka Frito Lays plant forced out on strike by a company that demanded they work 84 hours a week.
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