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By Dave Jamieson, Huffington Post Kathleen VonEitzen heads into work at 10 p.m. with a long night ahead of her. A trained baker, VonEitzen spends the evening and early morning hours cutting and shaping trays full of dough, shuffling between multiple ovens, and constantly checking her crusts until they're browned just right. She pulls hundreds of fresh baguettes, bagels, cookies and scones from the ovens until her shift finally ends around dawn. VonEitzen, 55, doesn't work in...

19 February, 2013

The Gordian Group's Peter Kaufman, who is assisting the BCTGM and the B&C Pension Fund during the sale of Hostess, appeared on CNBC on Tuesday to offer the latest on the sale of the brands and the BCTGM's position for potential buyers.   Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy...

07 February, 2013

Kensington, MD, January 25, 2012 โ€“ In Response to the Recently-Concluded Court Hearing to Approve Stalking Horse Bidding Procedures for the Bread Business in the Hostess Bankruptcy, BCTGM International President David B. Durkee Issued the Following Statement on Behalf of all BCTGM Members: โ€œTodayโ€™s hearing on the stalking horse auction procedures for key bread assets sets the ground rules for a competitive bidding process for products including the Butternutยฎ, Home Prideยฎ, Meritaยฎ, Nature's Prideยฎ and Wonderยฎ...

25 January, 2013

Today, BCTGM members are joining thousands of people in Lansing, Mich., to march on the state Capitol to fight back against Gov. Rick Snyderโ€™s (R) and Republican legislatorsโ€™ย steamrolling โ€œright to workโ€ for lessย legislation without public debate or hearings. ย  Below is live-streaming video from theย UAW's Ustreamย page.ย  You canย alsoย visit the UAW Facebook page for live-streaming updates. Stream videos at Ustream Updates will be posted throughout the day on the AFL-CIO Now blog and you also...

11 December, 2012

With the endorsement of theย AFL-CIO, working families throughout the country haveย launchedย a nationwide consumer boycott of American Crystal Sugar products in response to Crystalโ€™s Sugar 14-month lockout of 1,300 BCTGM members.ย  The AFL-CIO noted that the boycott will be called off if the management of Crystal Sugar, which has denied its workers the opportunity to do their jobs, returns to the bargaining table in good faith and concludes a contract. ย  This consumer boycott is part of the...

16 October, 2012

(This is a cross post from BoldProgressives.org: http://boldprogressives.org/chicagos-teachers-just-went-on-strike-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-why/) Today the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) went on strike, its first action of the sort in 25 years. Why are these 29,000 teachers and school workers going on strike in the nation's third-largest public school district? Because they want what all workers want: fair pay and decent working conditions. They also want what all teachers want to serve their students to their best of their abilities. Here's a few...

10 September, 2012

ย  Jackie Tortura, AFL-CIO - America needs good jobs and shared prosperity, AFL-CIO President Richardย Trumka told delegates at the Democratic National Convention tonight. Itโ€™s abundantly clear the Romney-Ryan ticket is only offering prosperity for the richย and an economic nightmare for everyone else, whether it's cutting Medicare and Social Security, giving the rich more tax breaks orย outsourcing America's jobs. โ€œProsperity requires democracyโ€”starting with the essential right of everyone in this great country to a voice, both in...

05 September, 2012

"The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president." --Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, October 2010 It has been said that the first casualty of war is the truth. Much the same can be said about political campaigns, especially a presidential race. Between now and Election Day, the American people will be inundated with hundreds of millions of dollars of political television and radio ads designed to...

23 August, 2012

Audio available at https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12103381/7-25press%20conference.mp3 (St. Paul, Minn., July 25) โ€“ Today AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka joined 1300 workers with the Bakery, Confectionery Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM), who have been locked out of five processing facilities and other facilities of American Crystal Sugar, in announcing that the AFL-CIO and BCTGM are escalating their campaign for fairness and justice at the company. The lockout, which began on August 1, 2011, came in the...

25 July, 2012

AFL-CIO If anyone thinks U.S. manufacturing isnโ€™t relevant to our lives today, they should consider this report from the Alliance for American Manufacturersย pointing to theย battle against raging wildfires in the western states: The Associated Press is reporting that the sole U.S. manufacturer of a device to spray airborne fire retardant is no longer in business. This means that while Air National Guard units currently possess Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS), new MAFFS systems are no longer being...

10 July, 2012

The United States has lost more manufacturing jobs over the previous decade than during the Great Depression. A decade of record trade deficits, the closure of more than 50,000 manufacturing facilities, the loss of nearly six million manufacturing jobs, and chronic trade deficits are troubling signs of the nationโ€™s diminished industrial and innovative capability. The BCTGM recognizes the critical steps the Obama Administration has taken to stabilize the economy by ensuring the survival of the domestic...

19 June, 2012

Check out this great infographic from the AFL-CIO, and be sure to text JOBS to 235246 to receive updates on how to BRING JOBS HOME! SHARE THIS: Tell a friend page: http://bit.ly/KYaSUt Share on Twitter: http://bit.ly/M68qjh Share on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/Kw2Bfm ย ...

18 June, 2012

Workers and Supporters Call on Crystal Sugar to Engage in Real Negotiations to Reach Fair Contract Drayton, NDโ€”This morning, two-dozen workers who have been locked out of their jobs at American Crystal Sugar Co. (ACS) for ten months walked out of Drayton on their way to Grafton, ND. Over the next seven days, the workersโ€”members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millersโ€™ International Union (BCTGM)โ€”will walk or ride in a hay wagon approximately 200...

31 May, 2012

Since June of 2010, I have communicated extensively in writing with your local unions regarding the very serious financial difficulties of your employer, Hostess Brands.ย  Many of my communications should have been posted on Union bulletin boards at your work location so that you were kept continually informed.ย  Additionally, we held a meeting in Washington, D.C. on February 25, 2012, for all Hostess production locals. Both I and Secretary-Treasurer/Director of Organization David Durkee, have personally...

11 May, 2012