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TexasTowelie

(112,068 posts)
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 10:17 PM Jul 2021

Frito-Lay workers ask people to boycott PepsiCo products as strike heads into fourth week

As Frito-Lay workers from Topeka end their third week on strike, they are asking people to continue boycotting products from Frito-Lay and PepsiCo for the remainder of the strike.

That’s right, that means no more Cheetos, Doritos, and Totino’s pizza rolls until the strike is over. Solidarity, brethren.

Negotiations for a deal begin Monday. The biggest issue on the table is bringing an end to mandatory overtime and receiving wage increases that match the cost of living. Workers say that they are working ‘suicide shifts’ where they are forced to work overtime and only have eight hours off and have 84-hour workweeks.

Frito-Lay says that the claims of the strikers are”grossly exaggerated” and that out of 19 employees that worked over 84 hours in a given workweek, only three were required to work.

https://www.thepitchkc.com/frito-lay-workers-ask-people-to-boycott-pepsico-products-as-strike-heads-into-fourth-week/
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Frito-Lay workers ask people to boycott PepsiCo products as strike heads into fourth week (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2021 OP
We're trying. SergeStorms Jul 2021 #1
You might want to check the list that I posted in reply #3. TexasTowelie Jul 2021 #4
don't think I use any pepsico stuff - just drink water and do not eat chips nt msongs Jul 2021 #2
Here is a list of PepsiCo products. TexasTowelie Jul 2021 #3
I don't buy any of that stuff Ritabert Jul 2021 #5
I WISH I could get my SO to boycott some of those products :( nt drmeow Jul 2021 #6

SergeStorms

(19,192 posts)
1. We're trying.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 10:21 PM
Jul 2021

I cant buy any less than I'm already not buying.

I wish them the very best, and we're standing with them in solidarity.

TexasTowelie

(112,068 posts)
4. You might want to check the list that I posted in reply #3.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 10:39 PM
Jul 2021

Their products also include fruit juices, along with Dole and Quaker oats products.

TexasTowelie

(112,068 posts)
3. Here is a list of PepsiCo products.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 10:37 PM
Jul 2021

Among the products are Aquafina water, Tropicana juices, Ocean Spray juices, Naked fruit smoothies, Lipton tea, Dole products, and Quaker Oats.

https://www.foodbeast.com/news/pepsi-boycott-kendall/

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