Support Memphis bakery workers strike over wages, safety and respect
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — On the picket line at the International Flavors and Fragrances plant Oct. 11, strikers Darold Brooks, a mechanic, and Thad Beckman, a lead man, told this Militant worker-correspondent about the horrendous safety record of the bosses here. They are two of the nearly 200 members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 390G who have been walking the picket line since June 4. “There are a lot of accidents in the plant because the equipment is so old and
Source: wn.com