Kellogg Plans to Permanently Replace Some Workers as Strike Enters Eighth Week

Kellogg Plans to Permanently Replace Some Workers as Strike Enters Eighth Week
Kellogg's cereal is shown on display during a preview of a new Walmart Super Center prior to its opening in Compton, Calif., on Jan. 10, 2017. Mike Blake/Reuters
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Kellogg Co. said on Tuesday it plans to hire permanent replacements for some of its U.S. breakfast cereal plant workers who are on strike, after lengthy negotiations with the union again fell apart.

The workers went on strike on Oct. 5 after their contracts expired the previous day, as negotiations over payment and benefits stalled due to differences between Kellogg and about 1,400 union members at its cereal plants.