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Dianda’s Bakery Celebrates 50 Years of Honored Traditions
Union Member and co-owner Sergio Flores has been a baker at Dianda's for more than 30 years. Union bakers at San Francisco’s famous Dianda’s Italian-American Pastry Co. have been creating some of the...
View ArticleLocked-Out Crystal Sugar Workers Reject Latest Contract
Jackie Tortura, AFL-CIO For the fourth time, locked-out American Crystal Sugar workers rejected an identical contract offer from the management company. The workers are members of the Bakery,...
View ArticleNLRB Orders Panera to Bargain with Michigan Bakers
November 21, 2012 – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a Summary Judgment against Bread of Life d/b/a Panera Bread in South Western Michigan. The Judgment states the company violated...
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Holiday Giving the BCTGM Way
From visiting critically ill children in Philadelphia, to coordinating toy and clothing gift donations in Minnesota and Ohio, BCTGM members have embody the true spirit of giving during the holiday...
View ArticleVIDEO: Inside the Hostess Bankruptcy | Local 218 Members Tell their Story
BCTGM Local 218 member Mike Hummell, a Hostess/Wonder worker for 14 years, helps to tell the story of the Hostess bankruptcy through the eyes of dedicated Kansas bakers. “You’ve heard the Mainstream...
View ArticleThe New York Times: Corporate Forces Endangered the Twinkie, but May Save It
“When the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union drew a line in the sand in November and said it would rather risk liquidation, it was over. It was a principled...
View ArticleMilling and Baking News | In the Eye of the Storm: David B. Durkee
In January, BCTGM President David B. Durkee sat down for a 2-part interview with Joshua Sosland of Milling & Baking News to speak from the Union’s perspective on the ongoing situation at Hostess....
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Safeway: The Quintessential Community Bakery
BCTGM represented bakers can be found in Safeway bakeries from coast to coast. From intricately decorated cakes for every special occasion, to delectable fruit pies and gourmet cookies, the union...
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TODAY: Demand Action for Panera Bread Workers and the NLRB
The Panera baker’s story affects everyone in America who cares about their right to stand up for themselves at work: More than a year since they voted to form a union, Panera workers in Michigan are...
View ArticleAttention BCTGM Union Stewards
We have built a new section onto our website just for you – the BCTGM Stewards Corner. The job of a steward is one of the most challenging, most rewarding and most important jobs in our union. That’s...
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Kellogg Locks Out BCTGM-Represented Workers
On Tuesday October 22, 2013 global cereal and snack giant Kellogg Company locked out workers represented by BCTGM Local Union 252G at the company’s Memphis cereal facility. The $14 billion dollar...
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Memphis Community Prayer Vigil
Join Memphis community groups as we pray for locked out Kellogg’s workers and the economic well-being of our community. When? Thursday, November 7th at 6 p.m. Where? Corner of N. Airways and Dunn...
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BCTGM Statement on Hiring of Kellogg Global Labor Relations VP
In an October 30th Kellogg Company communication, the company reports the hiring of Edward Thompson as its new Vice President, Global Labor Relations. Thompson will oversee Kellogg’s Center for...
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A letter from the Memphis Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to...
Last week, Reverend Dwight Montgomery, President of the Memphis Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), sent a letter to Kellogg CEO John Bryant asking him to change his...
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Enjoy a BCTGM-Made Holiday Season
Delight your friends and loved ones with holiday treats made by hard-working BCTGM members! Listed here is a sampling of the BCTGM-contracted companies that produce seasonal specialties…. Allan Candy...
View ArticleA letter of Solidarity from Valls, Spain
The following letter was sent from Kellogg Company in Valls (Spain), in a show of solidarity with the locked-out workers in Memphis. Hello everyone. From the Kellogg Company in Valls (Spain), we want...
View ArticleVIDEO: Holiday Baking Season in Full Swing for BCTGM Local 114 Members
The holiday baking season is in full swing for BCTGM Local 114 members at the Fred Meyers bakery in Clackamas, Oregon where the union bakers produce hundreds of thousands of loaves, rolls, muffins and...
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VIDEO: BCTGM Locals Bring Holiday Cheer to Locked Out Kellogg Workers
In the true holiday spirit of giving, Kellogg workers from Locals 50G in Omaha, Neb. and 3G in Battle Creek, Mich. are in Memphis this week delivering holiday cheer to the children and families of...
View ArticleSLIDESHOW: Wishing for a Memphis Miracle
“There are some upon this earth of yours,” returned the Spirit, “who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who...
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