2020 Elections

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THIS is What Democracy Looks Like: Pro-Worker Senators Elected in Georgia

Today, we recognize the historic election in Georgia and thank the union activists and organizers – including scores of BCTGM members who helped make the victories of these two pro-union champions possible. With the election of Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, working people in Georgia and across the United States have ensured that their voices will be heard on Capitol Hill in 2021 and beyond. Now, we will have a pro-labor majority in the U.S....

08 January, 2021

BCTGM Members Rally for Georgia Senate Candidates ahead of Jan. 5 Runoff Election

The Atlanta-North Georgia Labor Council hosted a “Let’s Get Out the Vote” rally for U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock outside the Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 613 headquarters in downtown Atlanta on Friday. “Workers are the folk who make America great,” You are the job creators. We’ve got to defend a livable wage. It is wrong to call people essential workers and not provide them with essential wages and essential benefits.” - Rev....

16 December, 2020

Union Members Deliver Election for Biden-Harris

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ victory in the 2020 Presidential election is a win for America’s labor movement. The overwhelming majority of American voters chose Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. American workers turned out in record numbers despite everything they tried to put in our way. Everywhere in every way, working people are heroically and resiliently fighting back against this pandemic, its economic fall out, chronic income inequality and systemic racism. President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect...

07 November, 2020

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Unpacks 2020 Election

(Washington, D.C., Nov. 5, 2020)—Today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka hosted a press call breaking down the labor movement’s role in this year’s election and discussing the path ahead for working people. “The resilience of unions is the story of 2020. It’s been on display all year. It’s guided by our belief that a better day is still within our reach. And today, I am more confident than ever that a better day is near,” said Trumka....

05 November, 2020

Message from President Trumka: Vote for Joe Biden, the working person’s friend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rCYft7zToc&feature=youtu.be Tomorrow is Election Day. Watch this message from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka which lays out why we must elect Joe Biden as our next president. WHY? • Joe Biden supports the PRO Act, which will create a fairer process for forming a union. • Joe Biden supports the HEROES Act to protect our paychecks, pensions and public services during this pandemic. • Joe Biden understands America cannot go back to business as usual, back to an economy fueled by...

02 November, 2020

Every Vote Counts!

We can make the difference on Nov. 3. As union members, we come together and rise to the challenge when our communities need us. And right now, nothing is more important to the future of the labor movement and working families and our communities than voting. We're just a few short days away from collectively deciding the future of our country. As we rise to meet the challenges COVID-19 presents to our nation—and especially to working...

30 October, 2020

Machinists Union Begins Video Series Highlighting Trump’s Broken Promises to Stop U.S. Plant Closings

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today began a video series exposing the human cost of President Trump’s broken promises that U.S. workers “won’t lose one plant” and declarations that “[plants] are all coming back.” The first video highlights workers at Transportation Communications Union (TCU/IAM) Local 6016 in Roanoke, Va. FreightCar America announced in July 2019 that it would be closing and laying off 198 TCU/IAM members. The work moved to Mexico and Alabama. In September 2020, FreightCar America announced...

13 October, 2020

Sign up to Power the Polls

We are quickly approaching the most consequential election of our lifetime. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate communities across the country, there has been a sharp decrease in the number of people who are able to work the polls on Election Day. This threatens the number of polling places that can remain open and could easily create long lines. When there aren’t enough poll workers, voting locations close and lines stretch for hours. Help your...

09 October, 2020

Special Message from President Shelton: Are You Ready to VOTE?

Brothers and Sisters: One of the biggest elections of our lifetime is coming up in November. The votes that we cast as union members will be crucial in ensuring we have pro-labor candidates elected at the local and state level all the way up to the White House. BCTGM members need to show our union voting power and solidarity at the ballot box. Download here On its way to the printing press today, the special 2020 Workers VOTE...

29 September, 2020

BCTGM Union Women VOTE! Celebrate #100YearsOfVoting

August 18, 1920, women gained the constitutional right to vote after a century-long fight for equal representation. TODAY commemorates the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. As we approach the 2020 election, mobilizing working women to vote is paramount to the goals of electing female candidates and candidates who advocate for women, and of getting this country back on track in the wake of the...

18 August, 2020

Make the Pledge: Commit to Vote this November!

Working people are essential voters—we must make our voices heard this fall and vote in candidates who have working people’s interests at heart, up and down the ballot. We also know that this year, the enemies of democracy will be working harder than ever to suppress our votes and our voices. They will try to make it even more difficult to vote for millions of Americans. So we’ll have to work harder to make sure our...

24 July, 2020

BCTGM International Union Endorses Joe Biden for President of the United States

(Kensington, MD, June 10) - The General Executive Board of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) voted unanimously to endorse Joe Biden for President of the United States. “We believe that a Biden presidency offers the strongest opportunity to advance the cause of economic, social and racial justice in the United States and heal our nation,” said BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton. “We believe that a Biden presidency offers...

10 June, 2020