The AFL-CIO yesterday launched a nationwide television ad campaign highlighting the wave of collective action sweeping the country. From surging organizing victories to the defeat of Prop. A, working people are on the rise. As AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka puts it: “Brothers and sisters, it's time...
Did you miss out on attending the BCTGM International's 40th Constitutional Convention? You can view photos, watch BCTGM member featured videos, read through the Resolutions passed by union delegates and even browse highlights from each day! Check out our official Convention site here for all the details!...
Union Strength, Union Solidarity AT&T employs nearly 150,000 members of the Communication Workers of America (CWA). That means when you visit an AT&T store, you'll always be able to find a fellow union member to assist you. Meanwhile, AT&T has the nation’s largest network, covering over 99% of Americans. Exclusive Wireless Savings, Just for Union Members Union members can save 15% on the monthly service charge of qualified wireless plans, including 3 GB, 6 GB and...
(Pictured above with the BCTGM group is U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Bimbo Bakeries USA Senior VP Organizational Development Lou Minella.) Following the massive "Protect Our Pensions" rally outside the Ohio State House in Columbus, Ohio last week, BCTGM International President is on Capitol Hill this week meeting with House and Senate members and key staff on the Pension funding issue. BCTGM Local 6 (Philadelphia) President/Business Agent Hank McKay and union member Danny Melendez accompanied President...
BCTGM retirees and members were among an estimated crowd of 15,000 unionized coal miners, teamsters, steelworkers and others who descended on the Ohio Statehouse July 12-13 to rally ahead of a congressional field hearing on America’s pension crisis. BCTGM members brandished signs saying “Save Our Pensions” and wore neon-green t-shirts reminding politicians, “We Earned It. We Deserve It.” Hundreds of BCTGM members and retirees traveled to Columbus to participate in the two-day event including Locals 1...
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Thousands of pensioners and their families expected July 12 to call on Congress to fix America’s Pension Crisis COLUMBUS – Thousands of retirees fighting to preserve their pensions will rally on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, Thursday, July 12. BCTGM members from throughout the U.S. will join together with coal miners, truck drivers, steel workers and other pensioners who stand to their promised retirement income if the Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans...
The following is the President Durkee's Message from the May/June BCTGM NEWS: From teachers and public service workers fighting for great public schools and quality services, to fast food workers demanding $15 an hour and a union, American workers are standing up and speaking out. Most recently, in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Arizona, we witnessed grassroots worker action at its most powerful as tens of thousands of teachers stood their ground to win changes for themselves...
BCTGM International President David Durkee met with U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) to discuss the funding crisis facing multiemployer pension plans. Brown, who is a Co-Chairman of the Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans, thanked President Durkee for his leadership in supporting a legislative solution to the crisis and the grassroots campaign being led by the BCTGM. In early February, Congress established the Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension...
The imbalance in our economy between the pay of CEOs and working people is worsening. In 2017, CEO pay at S&P 500 Index companies increased 6.4% to a total of $13.94 million. In contrast, production and nonsupervisory workers received a paltry 2.6% raise, earning on average just $38,613—a CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 361 to 1. Among the top 20 highest paid CEO's: #17: Mondelez CEO Dirk Van De Put who made a shocking $42,442,924 in 2017....
BCTGM union members from around the country descended on Lincolnshire, Ill. for the 2018 Nabisco/Mondelēz shareholder meeting. Outside the meeting venue, union members, retirees and supporters held a rally and demonstration protesting the company's pension proposal that would strip current employees of their defined benefit pension plan. Among those joining Local 300 Nabisco workers in Lincolnshire were members of Locals 1 (Chicago), 6 (Philadelphia), 42 (Atlanta), 57 (Columbus, Ohio), 70 (Grand Rapids, Mich.), 81 (Traverse City, Mich.),...
The U.S. Supreme Court will make a decision in the coming weeks whether or not to undermine the freedom of millions of teachers, nurses and other public workers to have strong unions. Today, the AFL-CIO launched a new website, FreedomToJoin.org, that provides critical information about the Janus v. AFSCME case, counters misinformation, explains the value of union membership and draws attention to the wave of collective action in America. Big-moneyed corporate interests have brought Janus v. AFSCME...
Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced new legislation, The Workplace Democracy Act. What would this legislation do? END Right-to-Work-for-Less ALLOW unions to be formed through majority sign-up STOP companies from denying a first contract for new union workers EXPOSE third-party firms hired to run anti-union campaigns. Senator Sanders on the Workplace Democracy Act: "Under our legislation when a majority of workers sign cards to join a union they will have that union, end of discussion. We are sick and tired of...
Click here to download this in French. Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union 10401 Connecticut Avenue Kensington, Maryland 20895‑3961 CONVENTION CALL May 1, 2018 TO ALL AFFILIATED LOCAL UNIONS: GREETINGS: The International Constitution provides, in Article III, Section 2: "The regular Convention shall be held every four years. It shall convene on such date and in such place as the International President, with the approval of the General Executive Board, shall designate.” “The International Secretary‑Treasurer shall issue a Convention Call to...
When the quality assurance workers at the Nestle Purina PetCare plant in Edmond, Oklahoma realized the benefits production workers enjoyed thanks to a BCTGM collective bargaining agreement, they set out to become members of Local 366G (Oklahoma City). Local 366G represents the 235 workers in production, processing, sanitation, maintenance, and the warehouse. And on April 19, the workers of the Nestle Purina Pet Care quality assurance department joined the ranks of the unionized plant by voting...