Danone Workers in Salt Lake City, Utah Join BCTGM
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21 Sep Danone Workers in Salt Lake City, Utah Join BCTGM

Posted at 14:25h in Organizing by

On September 6 and 7, workers at Danone’s milk processing facility in Salt Lake City, overwhelmingly voted to join BCTGM Local 401 (Salt Lake City, Utah).

The facility, which produces Horizon milk products, employs nearly 100 workers in production, maintenance, shipping and quality control.

In addition to Salt Lake City, the BCTGM has organized workers at five Danone facilities in the United States within the last 20 years. The BCTGM represents Danone workers in Minster, Ohio (Local 19); West Jordan, Utah (Local 401); Dubois, Pennsylvania (Local 6); and Bridgton, New Jersey (Local 6). With the addition of the Salt Lake City plant, all of Danone’s facilities in the United States are now unionized.

Danone is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world. Danone is best known for its line of yogurts including Dannon, Oikos, Activia, and Dannables, as well as Horizon milk, International Delight creamers, and non-dairy alternatives, including So Delicious and Silk.

The organizing campaign in Salt Lake City began in the spring of 2022 when Local 401 officers, with assistance from the International Union, began talking with Danone workers to learn about their concerns and challenges in the facility. It wasn’t long before workers within the facility began spreading the word about the benefits of joining the BCTGM.

The BCTGM International Union and Danone are signatories to a “neutrality agreement”. This agreement, negotiated between the company and the Union, states that Danone managers will strictly follow all U.S. labor laws, will not speak negatively about the union, will post notices declaring the company’s neutrality in workers’ organizing efforts, and allow the Union two weeks access to the company property where organizers can freely speak with workers before the union election.

Assisting Local 401 President Floyd Hoggan in the successful campaign was BCTGM Western Region International Vice President Shad Clark, Director of Organization John Price, International Representative Karrie Setters and Business Agent/Organizers Andrew Gutierrez and Adam Townson.

BCTGM organizers received tremendous support from the labor community during the organizing effort. From the Utah AFL-CIO and Laborers Local 295 to Iron Workers Local 27 and Starbucks Workers United, union members from throughout Salt Lake City provided important assistance.

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