-- Applesauce, apple juice
-- Dr. Pepper, 7Up, Snaffle, Country Time
They want to cut existing wages from $14 hour to $12 hour. They are NOT in financial trouble. They had $500 million in profits this year. Their CEO makes $6.5 Million a year.... They say the number of unemployed have brought wages down. What will happen to the middle class worker?
Union workers on strike since May.... The temporary workers brought in still haven't got the factory up to speed.
"The union movement and many outsiders view the strike as a high-stakes confrontation between a company that wants to cut its labor costs, even as it is earning record profits, and workers who are determined to resist demands for wage and benefit givebacks"
"For unions across the country, the stakes are high because if the Mott’s workers lose this showdown, it could prompt other profitable companies to push for major labor concessions. Such a lengthy strike is unusual at a time when work stoppages have become much less common than they once were."
Should we be buying these products?
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