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President Durkee Writes a Letter to President Obama Re: Mondelēz
Shown below is the full text of a letter International President David Durkee sent to President Obama concerning the July 29 announcement by Mondelēz International that it intends to move hundreds of...
View ArticleEnjoy a BCTGM Union-Made Labor Day
Labor Day is the unofficial end of the summer holiday season. While the day honors the hardworking men and women who make this nation go and grow, the weekend also gives us a chance for one more big...
View ArticlePresidential Candidate Bernie Sanders to Visit Penford Products Union Members...
In a sign of solidarity, Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders will join BCTGM Local 100G members and supporters in an informational picket outside the Penford Products factory in Cedar...
View ArticlePearson Candy Workers Want Company to Negotiate in Good Faith
Twin Cities, Minn. − After months of negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement, workers at the Pearson’s Candy Company facility in St. Paul, Minn. are urging company CEO Michael Keller to...
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Stock up for a BCTGM-Made Trick-or-Treat!
Annabelle Candy Company: Rocky Road, Abba Zaba, Look, Big Hunk and U-No. (Local 125/Oakland, Calif.) Boyer Candies: Mallo Cups, Peanut Butter Cups, Smoothie Cups, Triple Twist Pretzels, Dark...
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Richmond Baking Workers On Strike In Indiana
Local 1 Richmond Baking Workers On Strike During the contract meeting held on Sunday, January 3, 2016 workers at Richmond Baking Company, members of Local Union 1 Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco...
View ArticleLabor Board Cites Ingredion, Inc. for Multiple Violations of Federal Law
Following a months-long investigation, Region 18 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that it had decided to issue a complaint charging Ingredion, Inc. with multiple violations of the...
View ArticleVideo: The 600
In July 2015, Nabisco announced it had chosen to invest an additional $130 million in its new $400 million plant in Salinas, Mexico, instead of investing that money in its iconic plant in Chicago. As a...
View ArticleNLRB Rules ADM Violated Federal Labor Laws
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is guilty of violating federal labor laws. The NLRB adopted the findings and conclusions of Administrative Law...
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BCTGM Follows Lifeway CEO to California
Workers at Lifeway Foods Inc. facilities in Chicago voted to join BCTGM Local 1 (Chicago) a year and a half ago but remain without a union contract as the company refuses to negotiate with the union....
View ArticleBCTGM Pledges Full Support for Lifeway Workers
It has been more than a year and a half since workers at three Chicago-area Lifeway Foods facilities overcame a vicious anti-union campaign and voted overwhelmingly to join the Bakery, Confectionery,...
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Local 6 Peeps Workers Strike in Pennsylvania
Horsham, Pa. – Four hundred BCTGM Local 6 members at Just Born Inc. in Bethlehem, Pa. unanimously voted to go on strike after rejecting the company’s last offer. Workers began taking their places on...
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Hundreds Join in Solidarity Rally for Striking Just Born Workers
This morning about 250 trade unionists and supporters joined striking Local 6 members for a spirited rally across from the Just Born candy plant in Bethlehem, Pa. Participants of the solidarity event...
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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...
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Portland Specialty Baking Workers FIGHT BACK
In the beginning, workers were not afraid. On the morning of January 11, sick of unsafe working conditions and unfair pay, dozens of workers at Portland Specialty Baking marched into the company...
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Minneapolis Bakery Workers Continue to Fight for the Right to Join a Union
BCTGM Director of Organization John Price joined with officers and organizers from BCTGM Local Union 22 (Minneapolis) in a series of meetings with employees of Franklin Street Bakery who are in the...
View ArticleTaste of JUSTICE: Support Franklin Street Bakery Workers in Minneapolis
Workers at the Franklin Street Bakery in Minneapolis have struggled for years with poverty wages, unaffordable health insurance, lack of time off to care for family members, little opportunity for...
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BCTGM Celebrates the Life of Mother Jones
Together with the Mother Jones Museum and the Mother Jones Heritage Project, BCTGM Local 4 (St. Louis) participated in a special 180th Birthday celebration for the legendary Mother Jones. Retired BCTGM...
View ArticleCargill Cocoa Workers Say BCTGM YES!
In an area of Pennsylvania where workers at several manufacturing plants belong to the BCTGM, it wasn’t a difficult decision for workers at the Cargill Cocoa facility in Hazelton about who to contact...
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Local 114 and Portland Bakery Workers Help Expand Oregon OT Law
Thanks to the tenacity of a small group of Oregon bakers fighting to become members of BCTGM Local 114 (Portland, Ore.), nearly 200,000 Oregon manufacturing workers will benefit from strengthened...
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