International Union
Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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After 27 years with the International Union, Corrina Christensen, Director of Public Relations and Communications, retired on July 1. Christensen was hired as a publications coordinator and assistant editor by International President Frank Hurt in 1998. She was later named Director of Internal Communications, a position she held until being appointed to the Director of Public Relations and Communications in 2001, following the retirement of Carolyn Jacobson. A third generation Union member, Christensen began her career as...

13 September, 2024

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

Lindsay-Goldberg Owned Company Charged with Violating Federal Labor Law BCTGM Local 37 (Los Angeles), has filed federal charges against Aspire Bakeries, for multiple labor law violations committed during an organizing campaign at the companyโ€™s Ontario, California bakery.Aspire Bakeries, producer of Otis Spunkmeyer, La Brea Bakery and Oakrun Farm Bakery brands, is owned by the $17 billion private-equity firm Lindsay-Goldberg, which acquired Aspire in 2021 for $850 million.Soon after workers at the Ontario bakery approached BCTGM Local...

17 April, 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

Included as special feature of the 2022 Western Conference, Local Union leaders and representatives discussed the lessons learned, inspirations and strengths gained through the 2021 strikes. The panel discussion included Local 26 (Denver, Colo.) President Cliffton Horton, Local 364 (Portland, Ore.), Business Agent Cameron Taylor, Local 364 Financial Secretary Mike Burlingham and BCTGM International Representative Karrie Setters. Moderated by BCTGM Director of Digital Media Michelle Ellis, the panel shared stories of the challenges and issues that...

22 April, 2022

Washington D.C. June 20 โ€“ On June 17, the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO appointed BCTGM International President Anthony L. Shelton as a Vice President on the Council. In accepting the appointment, Shelton thanked AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and members of the Executive Council for the โ€œtremendous honorโ€. โ€œMy father was a 62-year member of the BCTGM and served as a member of our Internationalโ€™s General Executive Board. I wish he were alive to share this honor...

18 June, 2020