International Staff
Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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After 20 years with the International Union, Harry Kaiser, Executive Assistant to the International President, retired on July 14. He served under three International Union Presidents. Kaiser was hired by International President Frank Hurt in 2003 after serving as a political and legislative consultant to the International Union. After Hurtโ€™s retirement in 2012, Kaiser served as Executive Assistant to International President David Durkee until his death in 2020. He continued to serve as Executive Assistant to...

24 August, 2023

This year, for Black History Month, the AFL-CIO is highlighting union leaders who are currently active making Black history across the labor movement. This week the AFL-CIO highlighted the BCTGMโ€™s very own Veronica Hopkins. Veronica became a member of the BCTGM 23 years ago, when she went to work at the Post cereal plant in Naperville, Illinois. The plant, now owned by Mondelฤ“z International, was part of the nationwide Nabisco strike in 2021. As an...

08 February, 2023

BCTGM International Organizer/Business Agent Jason Thomas had worked at the Bimbo Bakeries USA bakery in Oklahoma City, Okla. for 25 years when he began thinking about earning a college degree. It was in 2018 while attending the BCTGMโ€™s International Convention as a delegate, that he learned about the Union Plus Free College Program.โ€œIt sounded like a great opportunity for me. I thought why not give it a try,โ€ Thomas recalls. The Union Plus Free College Program partners...

03 August, 2020

On April 16, 2020, the General Executive Board (GEB) unanimously elected David Woods to serve as BCTGM International Secretary-Treasurer. On December 6, 2019, the General Executive Board elected Woods as the Southern Region International Vice President. Woods became a member of the BCTGM Local 165G (Knoxville, Tenn.) in August 1989 when he went to work at White Lilly Foods Co. as a maintenance mechanic. Woods served as the Principle Officer of Local 165G until...

20 April, 2020

Women around the world markedย International Women's Day on Wednesday, with many wearing red to work and others taking the day off from work toย join rallies, demonstrations, marches and other special events. The global message was one of unity callingย for an end to workplace violence and harassment, pay equity, one fair living wage and labor rights at work. In Washington D.C., more than a thousand protesters gathered for theย Women Workers Rising rallyย held outside the Department of Labor....

09 March, 2017

"Organizing MUST be a priority of every member of the BCTGM in order to grow and build our strength," BCTGM International President David Durkee saidย during a recent one-day meeting on the BCTGM's organizing program. "Organizing is hard work. But it is something that each and every local union needs to embrace and expand," Director of Organization John Price explained in his opening remarks. The meeting included all International Vice Presidents, International Representatives, BCTGM Organizers and International staff....

27 February, 2017

At the 99th session of the General Executive Board in Washington D.C. on September 17, 2016, ย Shad Clark, BCTGM International Representative, was elected to fill the position ofย BCTGMย Western Region International Vice President. Effective January 1, Clark replaces Randy Roark who retired December 31. Clark was appointed to serve as a Western Region International Representative by International David Durkee on June 1, 2015. Prior to his International staff appointment, Clark served as Business Agent of BCTGM Local...

05 January, 2017