Articles Tagged with ''workforce''

With fears of lost wages and disappointing fellow employees hanging over their heads, a new survey by the Center for Research and Public Policy revealed more than half of workers in the food industry report going to work sick.

 Created last year by the Foundation of the Food Processing Suppliers Association, FPEC was established with the goal of developing and implementing a career path for technicians. 

For the second time, national publications Food & Wine have teamed up to assemble a list of the most innovative women in food and drink.

The Kellogg Company and more than 1,300 members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco and Grain Millers (BCTGM) union at Kelloggs’ four ready-to-eat cereal (RTEC) plants announced the ratification of a new 5-year contract.

Describing it as an “agonizing decision,” Blue Bell Creameries announced its first layoffs in 108 years of business, cutting more than one-third of its workforce after the company stopped production and initiated a full recall in April when some of its products were linked to an outbreak of Listeriosis.

The avian influenza outbreak that has devastated turkey flocks across the country, including suppliers to Jennie-O Turkey store, has forced the company to layoff employees at a Minnesota plant.

Fatigue was revealed to be the biggest barrier hindering peak performance among working adults in the US according to a new study commissioned by Red Bull and Glassdoor that found more than 60 percent of workers admit to workplace mistakes because of tiredness.