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SOLIDARITY was the theme yesterday as President Biden made a visit to the AFL-CIO Executive Council (which BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton sits on) to reaffirm his commitment to Union workers and their families. In the last four years, BCTGM members have benefited greatly from the Presidentโ€™s commitment to collective bargaining and pension reform. President Bidenโ€™s public support for Kellogg workers on strike in 2021 helped BCTGM members win that strike. Letter from President Biden to BCTGM...

11 July, 2024

BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton traveled to the BCTGM Local 464 (Hershey, Pa.) Union Hall todayโ€”along with members and retirees of BCTGM Local 6 (Philadelphia, Pa.)โ€”for an historic update on pension reform from White House Senior Advisor and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Implementation Coordinator Gene Sperling and U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA). Sperling and Casey informed the members that the promise of pension reform has been fulfilled for 103,000 BCTGM workers and retirees. Without the historic...

21 June, 2024

The BCTGM commends the work of the Biden Administration for standing up to Republicans in Congress and ONCE AGAIN protecting the pensions of Americaโ€™s workers. For months, Republicans have held Americaโ€™s economy hostage in a manufactured debt ceiling crisis, threatening working people with economic catastrophe. Under President Bidenโ€™s leadership and bipartisan approach, workers will avoid the loss of funding for pension security that was already approved and signed into law. โ€œThe funding necessary for long-term solvency of...

01 June, 2023

On March 5, BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton attended a labor roundtable with President Biden, U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and more than 30 AFL-CIO affiliated union officers in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden thanked the labor leaders for their support and outlined the actions his Administration has taken to help union members in his first year in office. Walsh spoke of the need to work collectively to empower American workers and underscored the presidentโ€™s support for strong...

11 March, 2022

President Biden promised to lead the most pro-labor administration in history, and with one year in office, he has proven he is true to his word. No union has benefited more than the BCTGM from President Bidenโ€™s support for unions and workersโ€™ rights. Joe Biden has proven to be a President of the United States who supports workersโ€™ right to join a union, collectively bargain and, when needed, to strike.  He is a President who...

09 March, 2022

The BCTGM joins with the AFL-CIO in commending President Bidenโ€™s Federal Reserve appointments and urge their speedy confirmation by the U.S. Senate.Sarah Bloom Raskin, a former member of the Board of Governors, is an experienced financial regulator with a strong track record of putting the public interest first when dealing with the power of the financial system. She is eminently suited to the critical role of vice chair of supervision. Professors Lisa Cook, who has...

14 January, 2022

The following statement was issued by U.S. President Joe Biden today: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 10, 2021 Statement by President Joe Biden On Kellogg Collective Bargaining Negotiations Collective bargaining is an essential tool to protect the rights of workers that should be free from threats and intimidation from employers. Thatโ€™s why I am deeply troubled by reports of Kelloggโ€™s plans to permanently replace striking workers from the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International during their ongoing collective...

10 December, 2021

President Joe Biden on Tuesday continued his support of pro-union actions by calling for the House to pass the Protect the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) to make it easier for workers to unionize. Biden strongly encouraged the House of Representatives to "pass the PRO Act," a bill that he said would strengthen unions and "dramatically enhance the power of workers to organize and collectively bargain for better wages, benefits, and working conditions." ...

29 April, 2021

The White House said on April 9 that President Biden had picked Doug Parker, chief of Californiaโ€™s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) since 2019, to be assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health. (OSHA). During the Obama administration, Parker was deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Dept. of Laborโ€™s Mine Safety and Health Administration. Earlier, he was a senior policy advisor and special assistant at the Department of Labor (DOL). An...

13 April, 2021

Working people are facing a crisis beyond anything weโ€™ve weathered since the Great Depression. Overcoming this challenge is going to require unprecedented federal investment in working people and in our communities. That means passing an infrastructure package to tackle the climate injustice, racial injustice and economic injustice facing working families while creating a new generation of good-paying union jobs. President Biden understands we need to go big, and this announcement brings us one step closer to...

31 March, 2021

A week after releasing the most pro-union statement from a president in decades, President Biden issued a statement of administration policy that strongly supports the passage of the PRO Act. The administration recognizes that the right to organize a union is a fundamental building block of the American Dream. Passing the PRO Act would strengthen and expand working peopleโ€™s ability to form and join unions. In a press release, the administration noted that unions give...

09 March, 2021

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: โ€œAmerica can only build back better if unions are doing the building.โ€ Today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler and leaders from construction and manufacturing unions met with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss actions the administration can take to create good-paying union jobs, highlighting the need to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, COVID-19 relief and an infrastructure package. After the meeting,...

17 February, 2021

President-elect Joe Biden has announced that he has chosen Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be his labor secretary. Walsh, 53, has served as the Democratic mayor of Boston since 2014. A former union member, Walsh has a long history with labor. He served as president of Laborers Local 223 and, before becoming mayor, led the Boston Building Trades of the AFL-CIO. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Walsh will be an "exceptional" labor secretary, stating: โ€œBoston Mayor Marty Walsh...

08 January, 2021