Despite court victory, Kellogg to end lockout next week

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Aug. 8, 2014

The day after announcing it would “re-evaluate” the end of the lockout of its Memphis, Tenn., employees, Kellogg Co. has opted to allow the workers to report to work on Monday as previously directed.

The Battle Creek-based company said it will comply with a federal judge’s order last week requiring it to allow the some 220 affected employees to return to work. That’s despite a ruling by an administrative law judge on Thursday that said Kellogg’s proposals could be negotiated at the local level and its lockout was lawful.

The decision was “validation of our legal position,” company spokesperson Kris Charles said Friday, but “for now our key focus needs to be on bringing our Memphis employees back to work.”

“We will, of course, continue to consider the implications of ALJ decision and our path forward, and will be reaching out to the union as this process unfolds,” she said in an emailed statement to the Enquirer.

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