WHEREAS, I
n July 2015, Mondelēz closed its Nabisco bakery
in Northeast Philadelphia to send three-hundred and fifty jobs from Philadelphia to a plant in Monterry, Mexico, where wages can be as low as $4 a day, after workers refused to accept company demands of $46 million in wage and benefit cuts annually in perpetuity; and
WHEREAS, Over the past twenty years, Nabisco has closed plants in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, PA, Houston, TX, Niles, OH, St. Elmo, IL, and Buena Park, CA, all while earning over $50 billion in annual revenues; and
WHEREAS, Plant closures and shifts of production to low-wage countries have had a negative impact on communities and families, as well as city and state tax bases; and
WHEREAS, Nabisco has benefitted and continues to benefit from the labor, skill, and dedication of its American workforce who diligently worked to build this iconic brand; and
WHEREAS, While Nabisco has closed plants and taken advantage of low-wage workers, its top e
xecutives and shareholders, including Irene Rosenfeld, CEO of Mondelēz, made approximately $185 million over eight years, while billions of dollars went to the largest investors in dividends and stock buybacks; and
WHEREAS, Bad corporate trade deals and moving jobs overseas, which lowers American pay and sends U.S. jobs offshore, have become the go-to strategies for corporations across the country; and
WHEREAS, The City Council of Philadelphia supports the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO in their opposition
to any of Mondelēz/Nabisco’s future attempts both regionally, nationally, and globally to destroy family sustaining American jobs by moving them to low-wage economies like Mexico; now
, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council of Philadelphia, Cal
ls on the City of Philadelphia to stand with Nabisco workers and protect American jobs by supporting a no-buy policy of Nabisco/Mondelēz products manufactured outside the U.S.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City of Philadelphia adhere to this no-buy pol
icy until Nabisco and its parent company Mondelēz reverse their decision to send production to Mexico and move these family sustaining jobs back to Philadelphia.
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