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"Bronx Bakery Buy-Out Crumbles," The Indypendent, 11/20/09
"Lloyd Blankfein Has A Reality Problem," Huffington Post, 11/20/09
"Stella D'oro workers not done fighting," The Riverdale Press, 11/05/09
"Empty voting machines in New York City tell Election Day story of the disgusted & disaffected," New York Daily News, 11/04/09
"Lance, Inc. Reports Results for Third Quarter 2009," Reuters, 10/30/09
"NLRB Still Broken: After Nearly 20 Year Battle, Workers Die Before $12 Million Settlement Reached," Huffington Post, 10/16/09
"NLRB Still Broken: After Nearly 20-Year Battle, Workers Die Before Settlement Reached," In These Times, 10/16/09
"Lance completes Stella D'oro buy," Charlotte Business Journal, 10/14/09
"Rev. Billy, Local Pols Protest Stella D'oro Closing, Want Govt. to Act," The Village Voice, 10/11/09
"Big batch of tears for bakery workers: Stella D'oro closes doors after 78 years," The New York Daily News, 10/09/09
"A Bad Afternoon at Stella D'oro," Fire on the Mountain, 10/09/09
"Stella Workers Hoping for a Miracle," The Indypendent, 10/09/09
"Strike-Breaking Bronx Stella D'oro Factory Shuts Down a Day Early," The Village Voice, 10/09/09
"Stella D'oro closes its longtime Bronx factory," Crain's New York, 10/09/09
"Stella factory abruptly closes," The Riverdale Press, 10/08/09
"Stella D'oro Workers Exit with Heads Held High as Brynwood Orders Factory Closed a Day Early," The Indypendent, 10/08/09
"The Morning Leverage," The Wall Street Journal, 10/07/09
"A Last Batch at a Bakery in the Bronx," The New York Times, 10/06/09
"Stella D'oro workers fight both Goldman Sachs and City Hall in desperate attempt to keep jobs," The New York Daily News, 9/30/09
"New York resisting sale of Stella," Ashland Times-Gazette, 09/30/09
"Help Keep Stella D'oro Jobs in the Bronx," AFL-CIO, 9/29/09
"Stella D'oro protestors lean on Goldman Sachs," The New York Daily News, 9/29/09
"Engel, Dinowitz, Koppell Demand City Take Back Stella D'oro Tax Breaks," Trading Markets, 9/28/09
"CT owner sells Stella D'oro brand," New York Post, 9/25/09
"Thompson blasts Stella D'oro sale," YourNabe.com, 9/25/09
"Mike's Non-Stella Performance," The Neighborhood Retail Alliance, 9/24/09
"Pols looking to keep Stella equipment," The Riverdale Press, 9/24/09
"Firm has a golden opportunity to do the right thing for Stella D'oro workers," The New York Daily News, 9/24/09
"Stella D'oro Workers Battle the Buyout," The Indypendent, 9/18/09
"Plant to close, but Stella D'oro workers fight on," Riverdale Press, 9/17/09
"Respaldo a trabajadores," El Diario La Prensa, 9/13/09
"High-finance low-lifes: Fast money tactics have killed 136 jobs at Stella D'oro," The New York Daily News, 9/13/09
"Bronx Cookie Bakers Fight Runaway Owner, Think Big to Save Jobs," Labor Notes, 9/11/09
"Stella D'oro, longtime Bronx Italian cookie and breadstick baker, set to move operations to Ohio," The New York Daily News, 9/10/09
"Lance to add Italian-style baked goods," Ashland Times-Gazette, 9/10/09
"Engineer has tools to keep the cookies coming," The Riverdale Press, 9/10/09
"Stella D'oro Sale Means Black & White Flight Out of the Bronx," Gothamist, 9/10/09
"Lance is buying Stella D'oro," The News & Observer, 9/10/09
"Cookie crumbles in Bronx," The New York Post, 9/09/09
"Brynwood to Sell Stella D'oro Brand to Lance, Inc.," LBO Wire, 9/09/09
"Growing Lance is buying Stella D'oro bakery brand," The Charlotte Observer, 9/09/09
"Kingsbridge Stella D'oro factory to close," The Riverdale Press, 9/09/09
"Lance, Inc. to Purchase Stella D'Oro Brand," Forbes, 9/08/09
"Leading the Way," Crain's New York, 8/25/09
"Deals of the Day," The Wall Street Journal, 8/21/09
"Buyer Said to Emerge for Brynwood's Stella D'oro," The New York Times, 8/21/09
"Nonni's may buy Stella plant," The Real Deal, 8/21/09
"The Morning Leverage," The Wall Street Journal, 8/21/09
"Greek White Knight: New Hope for Stella," The New York Post, 8/21/09
"No cierren Stella D'oro," El Diario La Prensa, 8/16/09
"A Real Stella Solution," The Indypendent, 8/14/09
"Stella D'oro Strike Slideshow," The Indypendent, 8/06/09
"Stella fight grows beyond K'bridge and the Bronx," The Riverdale Press, 7/30/09
"Brynwood's Plans for Stella D'Oro May Be Crumbling," The New York Times, 7/28/09
"Equity Fund Is Battered," The New York Post, 7/28/09
"Bronx Cookie Workers Fight Buyout," The Indypendent, 7/24/09
"The Week In Private Equity," The Wall Street Journal, 7/24/09
"That's the way cookies crumble in Kingsbridge," The Riverdale Press, 7/23/09
"In The Bronx, Stella D'Oro cookie plant owner spars with union workers," NY Daily News, 7/23/09
"The Morning Leverage," The Wall Street Journal, 7/23/09
"Brynwood considers options for Stella D'Oro," Connecticut Post, 7/22/09
"Brynwood's Stella D'oro At Odds With Union," Investment Dealers' Digest, 7/23/09
"On strike! Labor gets tough in the recession," CNN Money, 7/22/09
"Stella D'Oro Workers Fighting Plant Closing Get Support From Their Congressman," Workers Independent News, 7/22/09
"Stella D'oro Strikers Win, Only to Face Plant Closing," Labor Notes, 7/21/09
"The fight goes on at Stella D'oro," Socialist Worker, 7/20/09
"The Latest in the Stella D'oro Saga," The Village Voice, 7/17/09
"Bakery workers looking for way out of jam," The Riverdale Press, 7/16/09
"Union Challenges Stella D'oro Announced Shutdown," AFL-CIO, 7/16/09
"Workers fight closure of Bronx Stella D'oro plant," Crain's New York, 7/16/09
"Cookies without kindness make unjust desserts," The Riverdale Press, 7/16/09
"Stella D'Oro Workers to Fight Retaliatory Plant Closure," IUF, 7/16/09
"Union challenges Stella D'oro announced shutdown," NYSUT Newswire, 7/15/09
"Stella D'Oro Workers Fight Equity Fund's Plant Shutdown, Attack on Middle-Class Jobs," The Huffington Post, 7/15/09
"Cookie's crumbling at Stella plant: Ex-strikers, pols hope to keep company from scrapping facility," NY Daily News, 7/14/09
"NYC Stella D’Oro Workers File NLRB Charge To Fight Plant Closing," Union Review, 7/14/09
"Getting jobbed in Bronx: Stella D'Oro owner plays hardball with workers' lives," NY Daily News, 7/13/09
"The Week in Private Equity," The Wall Street Journal, 7/10/09
"Private Equity Fund Would Rather Shut Down a Plant Than Pay Its Workers a Fair Wage," Alternet, 7/10/09
"Private Equity Firms, Our New Corporate Masters?," AFL-CIO, 7/10/09
"Corporate Cookie Monsters," Dirt Diggers Digest, 7/10/09
"Stella D’oro Owners To Close Factory After Workers Win Reinstatement," 1199 SEIU, 7/10/09
"Union pledges to fight Greenwich company's decision to close cookie factory," Greenwich Post, 7/09/09
"Brynwood to shut Stella D'Oro bakery," Connecticut Post, 7/09/09
"Editorial Comment: Nasty Business," The Riverdale Press, 7/09/09
"Strikers win battle but may lose jobs," The Riverdale Press, 7/09/09
"Stella D’Oro Workers Win One," Talking Union, 7/09/09
"Stella D'oro Strike Highlights Woes of Modern Unions," Gothamist, 7/08/09
"Union workers tough out a grueling 11-month strike to win jobs back at Stella D'Oro," NY Daily News, 7/08/09
"Stella D'oro Factory Will Close in 90 Days," Gothamist, 7/07/09
"At Stella D’oro, a Long Strike Evoked Battles of a Bygone Era," New York Times, 7/07/09
"Strikers Return to Short-Lived Jobs at Cookie Factory," New York Times, 7/07/09
"Stella D'Oro to Shut Down Factory," The Bronx Times, 7/07/09
"Sweet moment, then sad news for NY bakery workers," Newsday, 7/07/09
"PE Firm To Shutter Strike-Stricken N.Y. Factory," FINalternatives, 7/07/09
"Stella D’oro Pulls a Wal-Mart, Shuts Down When Labor Board Rules for Workers," AFL-CIO, 7/07/09
"Stella's Cookies Crumble," The New York Post, 7/07/09
"After Inviting Workers Back, a Cookie Factory Plans to Shut Down," New York Times, 7/06/09
"Stella D'Oro Factory to Close in October," New York Times, 7/06/09
"That Bronx Cookie Factory? The Union Victory? Shut.," The Daily Kos, 7/06/09
"Cookie Monster," The New York Post, 7/05/09
"Bronx Cookie Factory Is Ordered to Reinstate Striking Workers," The Daily Kos, 7/04/09
"Big Victory for Stella D'Oro Workers," The Riverdale Press, 7/02/09
"Stella D'Oro Workers: A Victory," Working Life, 7/02/09
"Bronx Cookie Factory Is Ordered to Reinstate Striking Workers," New York Times, 7/01/09
"A Sweet Victory: Stella D'Oro Workers' Dough, Jobs Reinstated," The New York Post, 7/01/09
"Bronx Factory Ordered to Rehire," The Bronx Times, 7/01/09
"Stella D'Oro Strikers, Locked Out in the Bronx, Ordered Back to Work by NLRB," The Village Voice, 7/01/09
"Stella D'Oro Strikers Win NLRB Victory, Judge Says Brynwood Partners Engaged in Unfair Labor Practices," The Indypendent, 6/30/09
"Stella D'Oro bakery workers, out since August, vow to stay on picket line," NY Daily News, 6/14/09
"Unions, community agree: 'Don't buy scab Stella D'Oro products'," NYSUT News Wire, 6/03/09
"Photos from a Bronx Labor Rally: Boycott Stella D'Oro Now!," The Daily Kos, 5/31/09
"Broken Dreams and Cookie Crumbs," AFL-CIO, 5/29/09
"A Father's Fight to Save His Job," Norwood News, 5/28/09
"Take Action to Support Bakery Workers at Stella D'Oro!," Huffington Post, 5/25/09
"Buyouts, Breadsticks, Biscotti -- and Challenges for the Obama Administration," IUF, 5/19/09
"Treats not so sweet at Stella D'Oro," New York Teacher (City Edition), 5/07/09
"Striking bakers won't back down," New York Teacher (State Edition), 5/01/09
"Standing strong at Stella D'oro," Socialist Worker, 4/03/09
"Bronx Bakery Battle," The Indypendent, 3/20/09
"Stella D'Oro Strikers Say Replacements Bake Inferior Cookies," New York Magazine, 3/11/09
"Residents back Stella picketers in month seven," The Bronx Beat, 2/13/09
"Standing together at Stella," Socialist Worker, 2/06/09
"Marching for Stella D'oro strikers," Socialist Worker, 1/15/09
"Striking Workers at Bronx Cookie Plant Face Difficult Christmas Season," The Indypendent, 12/27/08
"No Sweets When Striking the Cookie Factory," New York Times, 12/26/08
"Stella D'Oro strike labors on, as two sides can't reach agreement," The Riverdale Press, 12/11/08
"Police and pickets face off over makeshift strike shelter," The Riverdale Press, 10/23/08
"Stella D'Oro workers continue their strike, as first negotiations fail," The Riverdale Press, 9/18/08
"No Contract, No Cookies," New York Times, 9/12/08
"Stella D'Oro workers strike to restore benefits," The Riverdale Press, 8/21/08
Television and Radio
"Stella D'oro Shuts Down Bronx Plant," WNYC, 10/09/09
"Stella D'oro set to close doors for good," ABC, 9/10/09
"Stella D'oro Owners Sell Brand, Move Operations to Ohio," NY1, 9/10/09
"Lance, Inc. Plans to Buy Stella D'oro Brand," WMFD TV, 9/09/09
"Bronx Stella D'oro Cookie Factory Closing Down," CBS, 8/15/09
"Round Two: Stella D’Oro Workers Fight Against Plant Shutdown," Building Bridges, 7/27/09
"Stella D'Oro Workers End 11-Month Strike After NLRB Victory, But Owner Threatens to Close Factory," Democracy Now!, 7/09/09
"Striking Workers Return Only To a Closing Factory," CBS, 7/08/09
"The Cookie Crumbles," WNYC, 7/07/09
"Stella D'Oro to Close in October," WNYC, 7/07/09
"Sweet Moment; Sad News for Stella D'Oro Workers," 1010 WINS, 7/07/09
"Bronx Cookie Company Ordered to Take Back Striking Workers," NY1, 7/01/09
"Cookie Strike: Stella d'Oro," Old Mole Variety Hour, 3/16/09
"Strikers Keep Striking As Stella D'Oro Keeps Baking," WNYC, 3/11/09
"Snow or Shine, Stella D'Oro Workers Keep Striking," WNYC, 3/11/09
"No Contract, No Cookies: Stella D'Oro Workers on Strike," GRITtv, 1/14/09
"Bronx Cookie Factory Goes On Strike," NY1, 8/15/08
On August 13, 2008, over 135 members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 50, employed at the historic Stella D'Oro plant in the Bronx, struck because of the unreasonable and unethical concessions demanded by the company at the bargaining table. Negotiators for Stella D'Oro, now owned by an out-of-state private equity firm, Brynwood Partners, among other things, want to (1) slash wages as much as 25%, hitting working women hardest, (2) make health insurance unaffordable by imposing crushing premiums, (3) eliminate holidays, vacation and sick pay, and (4) eliminate extra pay for working Saturdays and giving up family life.
Stella D'Oro management bargained in bad faith, refusing to even consider the union's proposals and compromises. BCTGM Local 50 has represented the workers at the Bronx plant since the early 1960's, and has helped build Stella D'Oro into an American icon. Brynwood Partners acquired the company in 2006. Never before Brynwood's ownership has the Local and its membership been attacked in this way.
