Memphis, Tennessee

In a decision issued on July 30, 2014, the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee granted a petition for an injunction as requested by M. Kathleen McKinney, Regional Director for Region 15 of the National Labor Relations Board against Kellogg Company.   This injunction ordered Kellogg to cease from certain acts and conduct pending the final disposition of the case by the Board.  The unfair labor practice case is currently pending before an administrative law judge of the Board. The Court found there is reasonable cause to believe that certain contract proposals made by Kellogg during contract negotiations with the Union were not mandatory subjects of bargaining and that Kellogg forced impasse and locked out its employees because the Union refused to negotiate and/or agree to those proposals.