This morning, Oreo announced a new variation of their popular sandwich cookies decorated with Pokémon characters. But while I love a synergy between brands, I also have a bit of a precaution to wipe out with a crunchy, chocolatey recreation of Pikachu’s face when striking Nabisco workers have called on the public to refrain from buy various snack products from the company.
Oreo Pokémon the cookies were unveiled with an awesome trailer for a collection of 16 unique designs featuring pocket monsters like Pikachu, Squirtle, Jigglypuff and more. Of course, it wouldn’t be one Pokémon product without any kind of obsessive hunting, which means a handful of patterns (And miro, Mew) will apparently be harder to “discover” than others.
You can even book their packages Pokémon is now before its release on September 13, a disconcerting phrase to write about bakery products.
Earlier, however, Oreo maker Nabisco and parent company Mondelez International were in the news for less whimsical reasons.
Nabisco employees belonging to the International Union of Bakers, Confectioners, Tobacco Workers and Cereal Millers (BCTGM) they have been on strike since August 10th for disagreements with the company while negotiating a new employment contract. Highlights of the dispute include Nabisco’s push for mandatory weekend work, longer unpaid overtime shifts and a new health insurance plan that raises costs for workers.
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“Basically, the main thing we’re trying to get is a fair contract,” said Nathan Williams, a Virginia Nabisco oiler. he said Large plate last month. “During the pandemic, we came seven days a week. Some people worked every day — 16 hours a day — for three months. To [Nabisco leadership], it’s about finding the cheapest way to make cookies. “
Steps began in Portland, but quickly spread to the Nabisco factories in Addison, Aurora, Chicago, Norcross, and Richmond. Since then, workers have asked consumers to avoid Nabisco products like Oreos, Chips Ahoy and Ritz.
“It simply came to our notice then. I never had time to spend with the kids. I never had time to spend with family, ”machine operator Steven James said during a recent interview with Yahoo! Finance. “We had a management working from home. So of course they were good, they were safe. We risk our lives coming out every day working all those hours. We try to tell everyone not to buy any Nabisco products right now, because we are on strike. “
It is a sad fact that, at some level, there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. But that doesn’t mean we just have to ignore these problems, especially when the workers themselves ask us to make the small sacrifice of going without a bit of our favorite snacks. Pokémon or not, I can do without Oreos until the myriad of people who make them are finally treated with a minimum of respect for their work.