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December 1, 2017 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
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Outside a POrtland walmart: the nabiscO bOycOtt day Of ac-
tiOn . The union boycott against Mexican-made Nabisco products does-
n’t appear to be going away any time soon. Since March 2016, the Bak-
ery, Confectionery, Tobacco and Grain Millers (BCGTM) union has waged
a boycott campaign against Mexican-made Oreos, Chips Ahoy and
other Nabisco products — to protest the decision by parent company
Mondelēz to lay off hundreds of Chicago union workers and shift pro-
duction to a factory outside Monterrey, Mexico. The campaign, which
has the backing of the national AFL-CIO, asks consumers to check the
label when they buy Nabisco products, and leave it on the shelf if it says
“Made in Mexico.” On Nov. 16, the campaign held a nationwide day of
action. BCTGM strategic campaign coordinator Ron Baker says boycott
visibility actions were held outside over 100 stores nationwide. In Port-
land, where BCGTM Local 364 represents Nabisco bakery employees,
several dozen union members and staff gathered outside a Walmart
store with signs, and handed out boycott cards to passersby. Sharon
London, left, is a longtime Fred Meyer employee and a member of
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555. On Nov. 16 she joined
other unionists outside a Walmart store in Southeast Portland to publi-
cize the boycott and urge passersby to buy USA-made Nabisco prod-
ucts. London says she was agitated to see Fred Meyer managers serve
Mexican-made Nabisco crackers at a recent employee meeting. So she
decided to post information about the boycott on the union bulletin
board and come out for the lunchtime boycott action.