BCTGM Local 390G members have been on strike against International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) in Memphis, Tenn. since June 4. Workers had been working under the terms of their expired contract for more than a year and the company refused to negotiate a fair contract that protects the workers’ health insurance and overtime. Click here to tell IFF CEO and Executives to get back to the negotiating table! Striking members of Local 390G remain steadfast...
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Email IFF CEO: Bargain a Fair Contract and End the Local 390G Strike in Memphis!
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Allies of Striking Memphis Workers Rally at IFF’s NYC Headquarters
Approximately 50 allies from Labor and other advocacy organizations rallied in New York City yesterday in support of BCTGM Local 390G workers on strike against International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) in Memphis, Tenn. The rally called attention to the strike, now in its fifth month, and urged the company’s negotiators to return to the bargaining table. Among the crowd, which gathered in front of the company’s headquarters at 521 W. 57th Street, were BCTGM International...
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The Solidarity that Defines BCTGM Local 22
The Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of solidarity is “unity (as of a group or class) that produces or is based on community of interests, objectives, and standards.” With the BCTGM, this is always the case, and our Local Unions exemplify the true meaning of solidarity through their actions. Jerry’s Broadway Bakery Local 22 (Minneapolis) Shop Steward Matt Hamada reached out to Local 22 President Wally Borgan with news that members led a bakery-wide effort to collect...
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Local 85 Members Reinstated with Full Back Pay
Three terminated BCTGM Local 85 (Fresno, Calif.) members have returned to work following a Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) hearing related to a grievance they filed late last year. Mathew Galicia, Hector Lopez and Luis Herrera are import sales delivery drivers at the Bimbo Sales Center in Fresno, Calif. Their division makes import snacks such as Takis and Marinela Pastries. The Local 85 members were fired last October for logbook procedures they had been...
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Concord Confections members ratify historic 5-year Contract
Members of BCTGM Local 264 (Toronto) employed at two Concord Confections locations in Vaughan, Ont. have voted to overwhelmingly accept an historic 5-year contract. Negotiations were led by Canadian Region International Vice President Ron Piercey and included Negotiating Committee members International Representative Karl Walker, Local 264 Business Agent Bill Hegedus and Members Muniruddin Ahmed, Quan Hoc Duong, Bing Zhong Lin, Earl Lucier, Alex Melkonian, Navaneethan Navaratnam, Eslyn Smith and Robert Ziniuk. For the first time...
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Settlement Reached at Nestle Purina
Members of BCTGM Local 366G (Oklahoma City, Okla.) have overwhelmingly ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with Nestle Purina in Oklahoma City. The four-year agreement features a $1.30 wage increase each year, for a total of $5.20 over the term of the contract. The bargaining committee also secured an additional paid holiday (Juneteenth), plus two additional personal floating holidays, for a total of four. In addition, the new contract increases the tool allowance and bereavement...
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Workers on Strike at Knappen Milling in Augusta, Mich.
20 members of BCTGM Local 3G (Battle Creek, Mich.) have initiated an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike against Knappen Milling Co. in Augusta, Mich. The workers are fighting against low wages, safety concerns, and for a Union security clause to be written back into their contract following the repeal of a decade-long Right-to-Work law in their state. “Our wage increases have consistently lagged behind industry standards, and the percentage increases are simply unfair,” reports Local...
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Progressive Values Meet Union Artistry at Schnuck’s Market Bakery
From a single, small confectionery in 1939, Schnuck’s Markets, Inc. has grown into a leading regional supermarket chain with 115 stores in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. BCTGM Local 4 (St. Louis, Mo.) members at Schnuck’s Market Bakery in St. Louis are behind the cakes and other sweet goods that get shipped to the chain’s retail grocery stores for sale. “Our members not only bake the cakes in this facility, they elaborately decorate them,” says...
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Labor Artist Honors BCTGM Local 351 ‘Union T-Shirt Day’
“As a lifelong Union activist myself, I have found much fulfillment in retelling the stories of social justice activism through my art,” says retired AFSCME Council 31 Local 3506 Member and Artist Activist Stephanie Weiner. “A lot of my art is about Union organizing in the Southwestern U.S., especially New Mexico.” Weiner first learned of BCTGM Local 351’s (Albuquerque, N.M.) 2018 ‘Union T-Shirt Day’ from watching archived Union interviews at the University of New Mexico....
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