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By Don McIntosh
Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco and Grain Millers (BCTGM) union agreed on Feb. 26 to a proposal by Mondelēz-Nabisco to extend a nationwide set of collective bargaining agreements by three months, to the end of May, and to raise wages across the board by 2.25%. The raise brings the typical wage to $29.40 an hour.
The contracts cover about 2,000 workers at five U.S. bakeries, plus distribution centers in Colorado, Illinois, and Georgia, but the company is about to close two of those bakeries. Last November Mondelēz-Nabisco told employees it was considering closing its plants in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, and Atlanta, Georgia, and on Feb. 4, the closure was announced as official: The plants will close this summer, eliminating about 1,000 jobs total. The remaining plants are in Portland, Chicago, and Richmond, Virginia.