President Joe Biden expressed concern about reports that Kellogg is planning to permanently replace striking workers after the company announced its intent to do so after union staff rejected a tentative agreement that would have ended the months-long job action. “I am deeply troubled by reports of Kellogg’s plans to permanently replace striking workers,” Biden said in a Dec. 10 statement. “Permanently replacing striking workers is an existential attack on the union and its members’ jobs and livelihoods,” Biden continued, adding that, “collective bargaining is an essential tool to protect the rights of workers that should be free from threats and intimidation from employers.” Biden’s criticism was prompted by Kellogg’s plans to replace some 1,400 striking workers after the company and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union failed to reach a new contract agreement. “We have made every effort to reach a fair agreement, including making …