FACT CHECK: Did Kelloggâs Send This Tweet About Striking Women?
An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a tweet from Kelloggâs verified Twitter account about striking women.
Verdict: False
There is no evidence Kelloggâs sent the tweet. A Kelloggâs spokesperson said the image is ânot a legitimate Kellogg tweet.â
Fact Check:
After an 11-week workers strike, Kelloggâs approved a new 5-year contract for 1,400 of its workers on December 21, according to NPR. Initially, the company had threatened to replace the workers after they rejected a contract proposal offering 3% annual raises, CBS News reported.
Now, an alleged tweet from the company that references striking women is going viral. âOh, so you think itâs cool when workers strike jobs?â the purported tweet published on December 19 reads. âNow replace âjobsâ with âwomen.â Still think itâs âcool?'â
The tweet, however, appears to be fake. Check Your Fact searched Kelloggâs verified Twitter account, @KelloggsUS, and found no trace of it. Though the company regularly replies to tweets about its products, its most recent tweet was published on Aug. 10, 2020 and discussed National Smores Day. The alleged tweet also could not be found on archived versions of Kelloggâs Twitter account available on the Wayback Machine.
A spokesperson for Kelloggâs confirmed in an email to Check Your Fact that âthis is not a legitimate Kellogg tweet.â (RELATED: No, Gorilla Glue Didnât Send This Profane Tweet About Not Using Its Products On Hair)
This is not the first time Check Your Fact has debunked a fake tweet targeting a large company. In June, Check Your Fact debunked a viral image that purportedly showed a tweet from McDonaldâs saying the company would not hire anyone who has held, traded or sold cryptocurrency.