Azura’s Mess

aplpaca

jenniferrpovey

So, this hasn't crossed my dash yet. (Not blaming anyone, there is soooo much going on in the world and I'd also missed it in the noise).

There is currently a strike at Frito-Lay. in Topeka. These workers are striking because:

They were being forced to work 84 hour weeks. The company's best offer so far is a 60 hour cap. This is shit we fought for a century ago, people.

Their generous offer also includes a whole 4 percent wage increase...over the next 2 years. I'm not sure what COL is in Topeka, but... Well, it's better than the entire 77 cents they've apparently gotten in the last decade.

There's also a report that a worker literally collapsed and dropped dead on the line and the foreman's response was to make them move the body out of the way and put in a replacement. (However, this is unconfirmed and, of course, the company denies it).

There have been multiple OSHA violations at this plant over the last few years, including a forklift accident that's under investigation.

They've now been striking since July 5 but, of course, it only hit the national media yesterday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/14/frito-lay-strike-forced-overtime/

So, why am I signal boosting this?

Because Frito-Lay is refusing to budge. They are attempting to make the excuse that union leadership agreed to the 60 hour work week and crappy pay cut...when union leadership only agreed to put it to a vote.

And this means that we need to put the thumbscrews on them. Remember, this is about 19th century style working conditions.

So, I'm calling on my followers to boycott Frito Lay's until the strike is involved.

Frito-Lay owns:

Lay's

Doritos (Sorry. I really am. I KNOW there's no good alternative to Doritos, although Zapp's are good if you can find them).

Fritos

Tostitos

Cheetos

Ruffles

Sun Chips

Baken-ets

Chester's

Cracker Jack

Islen plantain chips

Funyuns

Grandma's (the cookies)

Matador Meat Snacks

Maui style potato chips

Miss Vickie's

Munchies

Munchos

Rolled Gold

Sabritones

Santitas

Simply

Smartfood

Stacys

The Walking Taco

NatuChips

PopCorners (this one wasn't on their website, but was bought by Pepsi's in 2019 with the intent of adding it. So best avoided just in case).

Yes, this really is more than half of the snack aisle. Suggested alternatives:

Kettle Brand Chips

Zapp's (If you can find them. My supermarket had them once and not since, so I'm guessing the culinary cowards in this neighborhood were afraid of "Voodoo" flavored chips).

Pringles

On the Border for salsa.

Wise Cheez Doodles

Bugles

Utz

Store own brand alternatives, if your store has ones that are any good.

Cheez-its

Check before you buy and let's tell these people they don't get to treat workers like that.

constellrose

This was posted on FB recently by someone supporting the strike!

howlingblaster

PepsiCo is the owner of Frito-Lay and strikers are asking for the boycott of their products as well.

I did not know this until it crossed my TL but:

TACO BELL , PIZZA HUT , and KFC are also owned by PepsiCo

image description: a screenshot of a quote tweet by Alan Eyre in response to journalist Lauren Kaori Gurley who is linking to her interview with Mark McCarter, a striking Frito-Lays employee. Her tweet reads: “New: Hundreds of Frito-Lay factory workers are striking in Kansas bc they’re forced to work 12 hr days, 7 days/week. I spoke with Mark McCarter, a Frito-Lays emplo...” tweet is cut off. Quote tweet in response by Alan Eyre is an excerpt from interview (which i have linked below) interview quote reads: “We would rather nobody buy any Frito-Lay products, Fritos, Doritos, Tostitos, Funyuns, Cheetos while we’re on strike. We would also rather nobody buys PepsiCo products while we’re on the line. Pepsico is the owner of Frito-Lay. It owns KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell.”

HERE IS A LINK TO AN INTERVIEW WITH A STRIKER THAT QUOTE IS REFERENCING:

I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Days a Week - VICE

vice.com

Source: jenniferrpovey