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The BCTGM, together with the AFL-CIO and its other affiliates, condemn Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his bodyโ€™s failure to pass the HEROES Act, deepening economic hardship for millions, especially those who will lose the additional $600 in unemployment insurance benefits expiring at the end of the month. For months, millions of laid-off American workers have relied on these increased weekly supplemental benefits to pay the bills and stay afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

23 July, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to upend our lives and our economy. This crisis is showing that we cannot have a healthy economy without a healthy workforce. Working people are among the hardest hit, and our senators must act with urgency to pass the HEROES Act, which will put our country on the path to recovery. The HEROES Act includes an effective, comprehensive solution to the multiemployer pension funding crisis that would provide long-term security for pension...

21 July, 2020

Across the country, BCTGM members are taking action to pressure the U.S. Senate to pass the HEROES Act. It is the legislation we need to get America back on track. The HEROES Act includes an effective, comprehensive solution to the multiemployer pension funding crisis that would provide long-term security for pension funds, including the B&C Fund, and for beneficiaries.ย  Tell the Senate: Pass the Heroes Act! Additionally, the HEROES Act would protect frontline workers, make vital investments,...

17 July, 2020

On May 15, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the HEROES Act (H.R. 6800), powerful legislation to address the economic emergency facing the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The HEROES Act includes an effective, comprehensive solution to the multiemployer pension funding crisis that would provide long-term security for pension funds, including the B&C Fund, and for beneficiaries. The BCTGM was actively involved in laborโ€™s effort to get this proposal included in the legislation. The Republican-controlled U.S....

02 July, 2020

The BCTGM supports the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act (H.R. 748). This legislation includes a number of economic supports Americaโ€™s workers immediately require including an expansion of the unemployment insurance program, increased funding for schools, hospitals and state and local governments, and relief for the airline industry conditioned on the protection of worker rights. Given the urgency of the situation, Congress should pass this bill and President Trump should sign it today.ย  As...

27 March, 2020

Late last night, the Senate unanimously passed a $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package. On its own, this bill will not be enough to revitalize our economy and keep people safe as the pandemic expands, but it is a step in the right direction. Congress will still need to act to protect workers. Through strong workplace protections and safety measures, we can continue doing our job and keep the rest of us healthy. Wins for workers in the...

26 March, 2020

The BCTGM joins with the AFL-CIO and the entire labor movement in commending the Democrat-controlled U.S. House for taking the most significant step toward strengthening labor laws in the United States in more than 85 years. Americaโ€™s labor laws are no longer an effective means for working people to have our voices heard. The long overdue PRO Act will provide significant protections for workers exercising their legal right to form a union, a...

07 February, 2020

The fight to protect and save our pensions now moves into the U.S. Senate where the Butch Lewis Act of 2019 (S. 2254), has been introduced. It is crucial that BCTGM members and retirees contact their Senators and urge them to support S. 2254. The BCTGM was a leader in getting the Multiemployer Pensions Act (H.R. 397) passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 24. But, our work is far from over. This...

20 August, 2019

Thanks to the hard work and dedication of thousands of BCTGM members, pensioners and other union members across the U.S., the U.S. House of Representatives voted yesterday to pass H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act. The legislation is an essential step to help secure the retirement security of more than 1.5 million workers and retirees nationwide. โ€œMany experts told us as recently as last week that getting this to vote before the upcoming...

25 July, 2019

It is vital that Congress address the nationโ€™s growing pension funding crisis. The BCTGM has been a leader in the effort to secure federal legislation to address the countryโ€™s growing pension funding crisis -- which affects virtually every BCTGM member with a collectively bargained pension.ย  Last year, the BCTGM worked extremely hard in support of legislation that strengthens pension plans and avoids retiree benefit reductions through long-term, low-interest loans. While enormous progress was made, Congress did...

06 February, 2019

BCTGM International President David Durkee met with U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) to discuss the funding crisis facing multiemployer pension plans. Brown, who is a Co-Chairman of the Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans, thanked President Durkee for his leadership in supporting a legislative solution to the crisis and the grassroots campaign being led by the BCTGM. In early February, Congress established the Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension...

01 June, 2018

Today, Sen.ย Bernie Sandersย (I-Vt.) announced new legislation,ย The Workplace Democracy Act. What would this legislation do? END Right-to-Work-for-Less ALLOW unions to be formed through majority sign-up STOP companies from denying a first contract for new union workers EXPOSE third-party firms hired to run anti-union campaigns. Senator Sanders on the Workplace Democracy Act: "Under our legislation when a majority of workers sign cards to join a union they will have that union, end of discussion. We are sick and tired of...

09 May, 2018

The House GOP have released a bad and unpopular plan to slash taxes for the rich by cutting services and tax breaks for working families. ย Americaโ€™s labor movement will fight every attempt by Donald Trump to make working people pay for tax giveaways to millionaires and billionaires. ย Here are eight waysย the Republican tax bill would hurt working people: The GOP tax bill is a job killer. ย It would give huge tax cuts to big corporations...

29 November, 2017

The Republican tax bill gives massive tax breaks to big corporations to outsource jobs. Under the House GOP bill, a business that creates jobs in the United States would pay a 20% tax on profits, but a big corporation that outsources those same jobs wouldnโ€™t pay a penny in U.S. taxes on any profits it earns from outsourcing. President Donald Trump and House Republicans should drop this bad tax bill and focus on policies that create...

08 November, 2017

Thanks to the tenacity of a small group of Oregon bakers fighting to become members of BCTGM Local 114 (Portland, Ore.), nearly 200,000 Oregon manufacturing workers will benefit from strengthened overtime laws. In January, Oregonโ€™s Bureau of Labor and Industries changed how it interprets overtime laws as a result of a lawsuit filed on behalf of Portland Specialty Bakery (PSB) workers. The baking company was charged with violating an Oregon state law that requires overtime pay...

26 September, 2017