Kellogg Strike
Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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BCTGM Local 252G (Memphis, Tenn.) Vice President Kevin Bradshaw has been elected to serve as President of the Memphis and West Tennessee Central Labor Council. Bradshaw, a 21-year union member, is a Case Handling Operator at the Kelloggโ€™s Memphis plant. During his tenure with Local 252G, he has also served as President, Trustee and Steward. Most recently, Bradshaw served as a spokesperson for his union brothers and sisters at the Kelloggโ€™s Memphis plant during the 11-week strike...

22 April, 2022

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

Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) who work at Kelloggโ€™s ready to eat cereal plants in Battle Creek, Mich., Lancaster, Pa., Omaha, Neb. and Memphis, Tenn. have voted to accept the recommended collective bargaining agreement. Approval of the contract ends the BCTGMโ€™s strike against Kelloggโ€™s, which began on October 5, 2021. In commenting on the ratification, BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton stated, โ€œOur striking members at Kelloggโ€™s ready-to-eat cereal...

21 December, 2021

BCTGM International President Anthony Sheltonโ€™s response to President Joe Bidenโ€™s statement in support of 1,400 BCTGM members on strike against the Kellogg Company in Battle Creek, Mich. (Local 3G), Omaha, Neb. (Local 50G), Lancaster, Pa. (Local 374G) and Memphis, Tenn. (Local 252G): The BCTGM is profoundly grateful to the President of the United States for his support for working people and their right to engage in meaningful collective bargaining. We whole-heartedly agree with President Biden that Kelloggโ€™s...

10 December, 2021

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

The statement by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) following the December 5 vote on the tentative agreement between the BCTGM and Kelloggโ€™s: Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) on strike against Kelloggโ€™s in Battle Creek, Mich., Lancaster, Pa., Omaha, Neb. and Memphis, Tenn. have overwhelmingly voted to reject the tentative agreement. The strike, which began on October 5, 2021, continues. Reflecting on the vote,...

07 December, 2021

Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) International President Anthony Shelton issued the following statement following negotiations between the BCTGM and Kelloggโ€™s: โ€œLate last night, BCTGM negotiators reached a tentative agreement with Kelloggโ€™s on a new contract. In the coming days, the Local Union officers on the bargaining committee will present the tentative agreement to their respective memberships who will then vote on the agreement on Sunday, December 5 at destinations determined by...

02 December, 2021

BY HAROLD MEYERSON The American Prospect NOVEMBER 8, 2021 The Great Recession is long gone, but some employers insist that their employees work under recession-era constraints. Striketober is over but strikes still persist. At tractor manufacturer John Deere, 10,000 workers have rejected two successive offers from the company and still walk the picket lines. At Kellogg, the union representing the 1,400 workers who turn out the nationโ€™s breakfasts has refused the companyโ€™s offers, which have addressed none of the...

09 November, 2021

On Friday, BCTGM Local 149 and Blues City Brewery workers were joined by striking Kelloggโ€™s Local 252G members and the Memphis labor community outside the massive brewery for a rally to call attention to the workerโ€™s fight for a first contract. Local 149 has been working hard to achieve a first contract to help protect the workers of Blues City Brewery and address the issues they face at the massive 1.3 million-square-foot plant. Workers at the...

08 November, 2021

Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) issued the following statement in support of 1,400 BCTGM members in Battle Creek, Mich. (Local 3G), Omaha, Neb. (Local 50G), Lancaster, Pa. (Local 374G) and Memphis, Tenn. (Local 252G) who are on strike against the Kellogg Company: The companyโ€™s last, best and final offer does not achieve what our members are asking for; a predictable pathway to fully vested, fully benefitted employment for all employees with...

04 November, 2021

by Corrina Christensen, BCTGM International Director of Communications The time between two hours and two days on a strike line is immeasurable. And after 25 days holding the line, Kellogg workers know their moment will eventually come to an end and if I were to predict, it will be a limitless victory. They have fought hard and united together, defining what it means to be a union family. Dedicated to a purpose. Driven by principle. Motivated...

29 October, 2021

*Reposted from sanders.senate.gov WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Thursday, along with six of his Senate colleagues, sent a letter to Kellogg CEO Steve Cahillane in support of the workers striking for better wages and working conditions across the companyโ€™s factories in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and Tennessee. โ€œOver the past several weeks, we have been closely following the efforts of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers (BCTGM) workers who have gone on strike...

28 October, 2021

U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh met with Local 374G Kelloggโ€™s workers and BCTGM International President outside the Lancaster, Pa. cereal plant. Walsh, who is a longtime union member, spent hours on the line with workers in a solid show of solidarity. Walsh is theย first union memberย to lead the Department of Labor in more than four decades, and is the first sitting labor secretary to visit striking workers on a picket line. Ahead of the...

27 October, 2021

U.S. Department of Labor | October 26, 2021 Secretary of Labor Walsh to visit Kellogg workersโ€™ Pennsylvania picket line Will meet with union leadership; hear concerns of workers WASHINGTON โ€“ On Wednesday, Oct. 27, U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh will meet with leaders and workers of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millersโ€™ International Union on a picket line at The Kellogg Companyโ€™s cereal manufacturing facility in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  On Oct. 5, the one-year extension of a five-year master...

26 October, 2021

On October 5, 1,400 BCTGM members at Kelloggโ€™s cereal plants in Battle Creek, Mich. (Local 3G), Omaha, Neb. (Local 50G), Lancaster, Pa. (Local 374G) and Memphis, Tenn. (Local 252G) took a stand on the future of their workforce by going on STRIKE. Here are FIVE ways you can support them: 1) Sign Their Petition. Let the workers know you're with them! Add your name to their online pledge. 2) Join a picket line or drop off food/drinks/supplies. Here are the...

08 October, 2021