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National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 to Oct. 15) honors the contributions made and the important presence of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the United States and celebrates their heritage and culture. The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) is tweeting daily on milestones for Hispanic workers and Latino labor leaders. You also can find out more on its Facebook page. According to the 2010 Census, 50.5 million people or 16% of the population are of Hispanic or Latino...

29 September, 2014

California’s Governor Jerry Brown has signed landmark legislation that will provide significant new protections for subcontracted employees. Under the new law, host employers and their staffing firms will have to jointly take responsibility for the health, safety, and basic workers’ rights of temporary employees. This is a huge victory for California's most vulnerable workers, including immigrant workers who make up a large segment of the subcontracted workforce. It's a big win for the labor organizations, community...

28 September, 2014

A federal judge yesterday granted an injunction ordering the Kellogg Company to end its lockout of 226  BCTGM Local 252G members—at its Memphis cereal plant and reinstate them to their jobs within five days. Judge Samuel H. Mays, of the Western District of Tennessee, also ordered Kellogg to bargain with the union in good faith; offer reinstatement to every worker to their former or equivalent positions; re-establish the same terms and conditions of employment prior to the...

31 July, 2014

Today (April 28th), the unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job and to renew our efforts for safe workplaces. This year, the struggle continues to create good jobs in this country that are safe and healthy and to ensure the freedom of workers to form unions and, through their unions, to speak out and bargain for respect and a better future. It is time...

28 April, 2014

Kensington, MD, March 27, 2014 – Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) issued the following statement in response to the March 27 complaint issued by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against the Kellogg Company: Earlier today, the U.S. government charged the Kellogg Company with multiple and serious violations of federal law stemming from its October 22, 2013 lockout of more than 220 workers at the company’s Memphis cereal production facility. In filing a Complaint against Kellogg...

27 March, 2014

On Monday, October 28, BCTGM International Union President David B. Durkee issued the following statement regarding the lockout of BCTGM Local 252G members by Kellogg in Memphis, Tenn.: “The work stoppage at Kellogg’s Memphis plant is not a strike by workers who are demanding more from the company.  Kellogg’s employees, most of whom have given decades of dedicated service to the company, want to work but have been locked out of their jobs by a company...

28 October, 2013

A delegation of BCTGM members will be attending the AFL-CIO 2013 National Convention in Los Angeles from Sept. 8–11. In the months leading up to the AFL-CIO Convention, the Federation posed significant questions about the future of the labor movement online and within communities during listening sessions. They have heard the ideas of rank-and-file members and activists from coast to coast on how we can build a more robust movement for working people now and in the future. Check...

05 September, 2013

Kensington, MD, July 12, 2013 – Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) President David B. Durkee issued the following statement in response to the impending re-entry by Hostess Brands, LLC into the snack cake market: “This coming week, Hostess Brands, LLC is expected to re-enter the wholesale snack cake market. Despite the fanfare, the long-term viability of this effort is highly uncertain. Rather than hire professional, experienced bakers who have produced quality...

12 July, 2013

Prime Example of Why the Senate Must Confirm Obama’s Board Nominees  This is how hope turns into despair. More than a year since they voted to form a union, Panera workers in Michigan are still waiting. The franchisee that owns the Panera Bread stores in the region refused to recognize the BCTGM as the official representative of the bakers and refused to meet to bargain a first contract.  The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found that Panera broke the...

13 June, 2013

Forty-two years have passed since the Occupational Safety Health (OSH) Act was signed into law. Now, Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) has reintroduced the Protecting America’s Workers Act (PAWA) (S. 665) in an effort to strengthen the nation’s occupational safety protections.  She calls the legislation "a long-overdue update to the OSH Act, and a good step towards making workplaces safer and healthier across America." PAWA works to address workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths. Specifically, PAWA would expand OSH...

09 May, 2013

"MARKET GAINS PUMP CEO PAY – Corporate chiefs pull in $50 million or more" - USA Today, 3/21/13 "Last year I attended a Thanksgiving dinner at Harris Elementary School…in Decatur (IL), where I learned that 92 percent of the kids are on free or reduced-cost lunches."  —Howard G. Buffett, leading advocate for U.S. and global hunger relief and son of  Warren Buffett, USA Today, 12/2/12 __________________________________________ Corporate CEO’s take home tens of millions of dollars a year and...

30 April, 2013

Silver Spring, MD, March 14, 2013 – National Labor College (NLC) is pleased to announce the election of Bakery, Confectionery Tobacco and Grain Millers International Union President David B. Durkee to its Board of Trustees. "David has been a union activist his entire life, fighting for workers and standing up to corporations. His strong leadership skills have helped guide the BCTGM through some incredibly difficult recent struggles," said AFL-CIO President and Chairperson of the NLC Board...

16 March, 2013

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

“When the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union drew a line in the sand in November and said it would rather risk liquidation, it was over. It was a principled position that the brands would do better with a fresh start and new management.” Read this New York Times piece from STEVEN M. DAVIDOFF that examines liquidation not as what killed Hostess, but rather the only thing that could have saved it. PDF: bctgm.org/PDFs/NYTimes_Feb5-2013.pdf Permalink:...

06 February, 2013