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Protests at the Frito-Lay plant in Topeka, Kansas have now come to an end after 20 days. Since July 5, around 600 workers at the plant have gone on strike, demanding better working conditions and ...
David Woods. Brent Hall. Ramon Laguarta. Steven Williams. Number. 600. The 2021 Frito-Lay strike was a labor strike by employees at the Topeka, Kansas Frito-Lay plant against the company's mandatory overtime policy. The strike began on July 5, 2021 and ended on July 23, 2021.
2021 strike actions. On July 5, 2021, BCTGM members of Baker Workers Local 218 at the Frito-Lay factory in Topeka, Kansas, voted to strike. As of July 23, 2021, the strike had continued for more than two weeks. Workers spoke out about 12-hour, 7-day work weeks, stagnant wages, and inhumane conditions in the plant such as a lack of air conditioning.
Frito-Lay, Inc. (/ ˈ f r iː t oʊ l eɪ /) is an American subsidiary of PepsiCo that manufactures, markets, and sells corn chips, potato chips, and other snack foods.The primary snack food brands produced under the Frito-Lay name include Fritos corn chips, Cheetos cheese-flavored snacks, Doritos and Tostitos tortilla chips, Lay's and Ruffles potato chips, Rold Gold pretzels, and Walkers ...
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It is one of several strikes conducted by the BCTGM in 2021, including strike action against Frito-Lay and Nabisco. The strike is the first to affect Kellogg's Battle Creek plant since 1972, and the first at the Lancaster plant since 1985. The strike ended after union workers voted to approve a new five-year labor contract.
In July 2021, Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo became the subject to media attention over poor working conditions at its plant in Topeka. These conditions, which allegedly include forced overtime and 84-hour workweeks for months, led to a strike involving hundreds of workers at the Topeka location. The strike began on July 5 and ended on July ...