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Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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Along the Upper Mississippi River in Keokuk, Iowa, the French-based, family-owned Roquette Frères company employs 450 corn wet milling workers represented by BCTGM Local 48G (Keokuk, Iowa). Roquette, which began as a single-location potato starch plant in Lestrem, France during the Great Depression, boasts 50 starch production locations around the world today. The Keokuk site was acquired by the company in 1991 from the Hubinger Co.—which owned and operated it for over 100 years prior. “The work...

13 September, 2024

Members of BCTGM Local 358 (Richmond, Va.) were pleasantly surprised to host BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton during a recent service visit from their Union reps. “I was heading down there for a plant tour with Local 358 Financial Secretary/Business Agent Darlene Carpenter and found out President Shelton would be in the area,” explains East-Central Region International Representative Lisa Gregory. “We coordinated to have him join us and the plant manager was really accommodating in helping...

19 June, 2024

When Thomas’ English Muffin bakery was built in 1977, it brought good-paying bakery jobs to workers in the Frederick, Maryland area. For more than 40 years, BCTGM Local 68 (Baltimore, Md.) has proudly represented workers at the bakery where union members produce1.8 million packages of Original “Nooks & Crannies” English Muffins per week. Recently, BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton accompanied Local 68 Financial Secretary Gary Oskoian and Business Agent Rodney Lightfoot to the bakery for a tour...

30 June, 2021

For Local 334 members in Portland, Maine, job pride stems from adhering to a rich tradition of baking large pots of beans in brick ovens to provide Americans with a wholesome and much loved food: baked beans. Lately, that pride has swelled as workers have worked around the clock to meet the growing national demand for B&M brick-oven beans to fill the pantries of Americans who are staying at home during the Coronavirus quarantine. ...

20 April, 2020

Heinen’s Fine Foods is a Cleveland, Ohio based family-owned gourmet grocery store that was established in 1929 by Joe Heinen who opened a small butcher shop on the east side of the city, aiming to establish himself as the city’s purveyor of quality meats.   After his initial success, Heinen added homemade peanut butter, pickles and freshly baked donuts. By 1933, business had grown enough to include a line of produce and canned goods.   Today, the family-owned store...

02 June, 2014

BCTGM represented bakers can be found in Safeway bakeries from coast to coast. From intricately decorated cakes for every special occasion, to delectable fruit pies and gourmet cookies, the union bakers take pride in the products they provide. Featured here are the dedicated and proud bakers of Local 85 (Sacramento, Calif.) in Safeway bakeries in Fairfield and Sacramento, California. [caption id="attachment_3230" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Debra Colvin decorates a special order cake at the Fairfield bakeryKristopher Brady (left) and Kent...

03 May, 2013